installation:
sound, objects and arrangements
2017-2021
Pine, Electronics, Variable Looping Audio
On objects:
Large Vented Cabinets include a stereo amp w/ volume potentiometer, 2 mid-bass drivers, and an Arduino w/ WAV shield, which plays specified audio files on loop until unplugged. Interior is accessible through a removable panel.
Small closed pairs share a stereo amp, and an Arduino w/ WAV shield. Interior accessible through rear sliding dado panel.
Small vented pairs, share a stereo amp, and an Arduino w/ WAV shield. Interior accessible through removable rear panel.
On composition:
Each combination of speakers will play a number of audio files consisting of field recording, modular synthesis, experimental sound design, and occasional musical instrumentation. While groupings of “files” are written and arranged to be played in tandem, they each start whenever their respective cabinet is plugged in, so the compositions are innately variable. “File” durations range from 45 min - 1 hour.
On arrangement:
The combination and location of speakers can change the overall effect of the sound work; it can be enveloping and immersive, function as a single source object / sculpture, or interact with the works of other artists. The size of the cabinets can also have an influence on the space and vice versa – small spaces require small speakers, etc. Scaling the work up or down changes the dynamics of the space, as well as the sound itself.
On narrative:
The sound is culled together from many sources to create auditory spaces that trigger emotional responses in the same way that film music and sound design do. Generally the work is in a limited dynamic range, calling to mind warm deep tones of glacial drift. Pieces are inspired by such phenomena and topics as deep time, melting ice caps, hibernation, hypnogogic and dissociative states, and hypothetical landscapes.
Some arrangments are accompanied by additional works: videos, prints, etc., that further tease out a sense of narrative or landscape.
sound, objects and arrangements
2017-2021
Pine, Electronics, Variable Looping Audio
On objects:
Large Vented Cabinets include a stereo amp w/ volume potentiometer, 2 mid-bass drivers, and an Arduino w/ WAV shield, which plays specified audio files on loop until unplugged. Interior is accessible through a removable panel.
Small closed pairs share a stereo amp, and an Arduino w/ WAV shield. Interior accessible through rear sliding dado panel.
Small vented pairs, share a stereo amp, and an Arduino w/ WAV shield. Interior accessible through removable rear panel.
On composition:
Each combination of speakers will play a number of audio files consisting of field recording, modular synthesis, experimental sound design, and occasional musical instrumentation. While groupings of “files” are written and arranged to be played in tandem, they each start whenever their respective cabinet is plugged in, so the compositions are innately variable. “File” durations range from 45 min - 1 hour.
On arrangement:
The combination and location of speakers can change the overall effect of the sound work; it can be enveloping and immersive, function as a single source object / sculpture, or interact with the works of other artists. The size of the cabinets can also have an influence on the space and vice versa – small spaces require small speakers, etc. Scaling the work up or down changes the dynamics of the space, as well as the sound itself.
On narrative:
The sound is culled together from many sources to create auditory spaces that trigger emotional responses in the same way that film music and sound design do. Generally the work is in a limited dynamic range, calling to mind warm deep tones of glacial drift. Pieces are inspired by such phenomena and topics as deep time, melting ice caps, hibernation, hypnogogic and dissociative states, and hypothetical landscapes.
Some arrangments are accompanied by additional works: videos, prints, etc., that further tease out a sense of narrative or landscape.
Apocalyptic Visions of Water; Slick with Fever
Pine, Electronics, Variable Looping Audio
2021
installed: Ewing Gallery, UTK, TN
Pine, Electronics, Variable Looping Audio
2021
installed: Ewing Gallery, UTK, TN
Dark; Against the Ground
pine, electronics, variable looping audio
2019
installed: Troppus Projects, Kent OH
w/ Mary Laube
pine, electronics, variable looping audio
2019
installed: Troppus Projects, Kent OH
w/ Mary Laube
Dark; Against the Grain
pine, electronics, variable looping audio
audio same as “Against the Ground”, resequenced
2019
installed: Inner wall, Unrequited Leisure, Nashville, TN
pine, electronics, variable looping audio
audio same as “Against the Ground”, resequenced
2019
installed: Inner wall, Unrequited Leisure, Nashville, TN
Thousands of Years
pine, electronics, variable looping audio, video
2018
installed: Spartaburg Art Museum, SC
pine, electronics, variable looping audio, video
2018
installed: Spartaburg Art Museum, SC
Westlake in Twelve Tone
pine, electronics, variable looping audio
2017
installed: Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN
pine, electronics, variable looping audio
2017
installed: Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN
One Second of Memphis Water in 24 FPS
Pine, Electronics, Variable Looping Audio,
Inkjet Prints on Foamcore
2017
installed: A+A Bldg, UTK, TN
Pine, Electronics, Variable Looping Audio,
Inkjet Prints on Foamcore
2017
installed: A+A Bldg, UTK, TN
