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In Summer Rain
Almost an Island edgewater In Flight Uncanny Valley Red Plumes Degrees of Freedom The Widening Gyre Driptick Wind Farm Blue Traces Out of Hand Conveyor Slumber Elements sLowlife sLowlife [installation] Wakeup Call Detour Day Trip Thrum Beyond Our Reach Fits and Starts Jangle Dancing on a Wire House of the Dreamers In-between Flights of Fancy A Bao A Qu A Flash of Green Serenata Alliances Bagatelle |
sLowlife (2005)8-channel soundListen to a stereo mix of sLowlife. Loading audio player...
sLowlife began as sound I did for an exhibit about plant biology. The exhibit encourages visitors to appreciate changes in the lives of plants — changes so slow that we often overlook them. Many of the sounds in the piece are influenced by plant study data. For example, the changing curvatures of seedlings bending toward the light become the irregular rhythms of the repeated bell-like notes that open the piece. The fluctuating amount of light transmittance through leaves affects the detuning of oscillators in the final, sustained section. My aim in designing the exhibit sound was to create a sonic backdrop that could help visitors ease into a contemplative frame of mind. This concert version retains some of that feeling, but I also try to construct a slowly evolving narrative. Performances:
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