Shhhhhhhh by Maja Ratkje
First pre and post impressions on Maja Ratkje’s video was that as I began viewing the video, I was expecting to hear a techno-induced voice, somewhat like a mashup of trance with gino beats but as I left the video I carried a completely different thought, almost puzzled, lost and confused. Maja Ratkje created a very interesting piece that had a lot of questioning sounds which resulted in my puzzled state as I finished the video. When I read some background information on her, I read that she was an active singer/voice user and electronics player which automatically led me to believe electronics + voice = techno/trance. Although I did not get what I was thinking of, I did enjoy the artists work as it seems she is trying to induce this feeling of curiosity or uncertainty with the sounds she creates with her voice. One thing I wonder is if she created a list of sounds she could make which gave this impression of uncertainty or did she randomly make sounds out of impulse using her voice to create this piece and if she could give this impression of uncertainty towards her audience, could she create a different emotion using her voice, which would effect us, the audience. I definitely intend of looking into whether she has other sound pieces which effect other moods in the future but until then, I’d suggest you view her puzzling voice – just as a teaser 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=LaUaElAyjZY
