The Observational Soundscape

The Observational Soundscape is a series of installations that create spontaneous accompaniments for public places, reflecting the visual and aural phenomena observed in the area.

Parallel Rhetoric: Coming and Going (Auburn wide)

Parallel Rhetoric: Coming and Going

Parallel Rhetoric: Coming and Going is an installation that seamlessly combines the Inaugural and Farewell speeches of former U.S. Presidents.

Parallel Rhetoric: 2001 + 2005 (tall with mic)

Parallel Rhetoric: 2001 + 2005

Parallel Rhetoric: 2001 + 2005 seamlessly combines George Bush’s 2001 and 2005 Inauguration addresses into one composite speech.

Interference Patterns

Interference Patterns

Interference Patterns is an installation that explores interference phenomena on the surface of water.

Search Signals

Search Signals

In Search Signals, footsteps are heard pacing within four beams of focused sound, while the whole area is permeated by a mechanized chord of Morse-Code messages.

Explosions and Reactions (explosions)

Explosions & Reactions

Explosions & Reactions compresses the wide-screen spectacle of action-movie violence into small weightless frames.

Ice (still)

Ice

16mm film: A bright frozen world accompanied by shortwave telemetry, and a parallel world hidden in darkness.

Fluoro (still)

Fluoro

16mm Film: Interrupting a backdrop of glowing fluorescent tubes and field-recordings, a synthesized voice commands the film to “stop” …