Alvin Lucier - I am sitting in a room

Given the nature of this repetitive and monotonous listening exercise, I would say that it mostly tested your patience more than anything else. As Lucier’s voice becomes more garbled and disperses into the atmosphere of the room one has to appreciate the tedious fine-tuning that was required to bring this piece to fruition. After the 14^th minute any sign of intelligible speech is lost and after the 17^th minute Lucier’s voice is reminiscent to that of a robot. It sounds very industrial and metallic in nature and after the 34^th minute it morphs into something closely resembling chiming bells.