Stuart Hyatt

Stuart Hyatt (born 18 November 1974) is an American musician and multimedia artist, much of whose work centers around experimental music adapted to sounds from field recordings.

Representing a place through sound is my response to our image-saturated media.

Quotes

• I employ a vocabulary from art and design to describe melody and rhythm...
• Representing a place through sound is my response to our image-saturated media.
• I think sound is still undervalued as a means to measure environmental health, regional identity, and personal narrative.
  • [Perfect Sound Forever]
• [Regarding field recordings] I try not to edit or assign value to what I find...What I'm trying to do is get enough material so the artist and musician in me can develop some sort of beautiful response using those sounds.
  • [Lancaster Online]
• If we think about places sonically, I’d say the Midwest [of America] is more of a whisper than a shout... I suppose I need to hold the microphone a little closer, sit a little more quietly, and be a little more patient. This place—topographically, culturally, spiritually—does not just jump out at you; it takes time to reveal its wonder. It requires a lot of listening.
  • [bandcamp]
• The best art provides someone with something that they didn't know they needed, that touches them in a way they may not be able to verbalize.
  • [IU News Room]
• The [musical] thinking leans heavily on vocabulary and thoughts that one develops in design and architecture school...I think about space and structure and skin and texture. I think about color and movement, and all of these things that have no direct relation to quarter notes and half-notes and rests.
  • [The Daily Progress]
• I also want to encourage others to work in this field [of recording sounds] without having to spend a lot of money on gear. Putting a sock on your smartphone and laying it next to a bird’s nest can yield some pretty incredible recordings!
  • [Clot]