Images of Mozart Effect Transplanted at SoundWalk 2005 in
downtown Long Beach. The opening is Saturday, August 20, 5 -
10pm. The closing party follows at The Basement on Linden Ave.
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The
Mozart Effect Transplanted tests the premise of the Mozart Effect
on a set of cacti. In this project, four cacti are planted atop a looping
music player. Each cactus listens to one song repeatedly as its growth
is measured. One cactus listens to the current Rap hit Just
A Lil Bit by artist 50 Cent, another listens to Holy
Is The Lord by Christian
Rock artist Chris Tomlin, the third cactus listens to Mozart’s
Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, K. 448, while the final
cactus does not wear headphones. Metaphorically (and certainly not
scientifically), the test among the four cacti pits nature (the control
plant) against the following forms of nurture: human aggression (50
Cent), Christian praise for God (Chris Tomlin), and science or mathematical
accuracy (Mozart).
From Dr. Gordon Shaw’s Mind Institute
web site :
“The Mozart effect is an inclusive term signifying
the transformational powers of music in health, education,
and well-being. It represents the general use of music to
reduce stress, depression, or anxiety; induce relaxation
or sleep; activate the body; and improve memory or awareness.
The term Mozart effect was coined by the media after the
initial groundbreaking Nature publication (1993) which showed
that college students who listened to the Mozart Sonata for
Two Pianos in D Major, K. 448 had short-term subsequent enhancement
of their spatial-temporal (ST) reasoning (making a mental
image and thinking ahead in space and time, as in chess,
music or math).”
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