Using a steel Gobo microphone to gather resonance of surf and wind
On Rte 2, spanning the Connecticut River between Erving and Gill, MA. The mini condenser mic fit into the soda straw perfectly.....
Sound installations in St. Johns, and Port Kirwin using windharps, amolified window screens small microphones at Sound Symposium
3 Microphones: a Bronze Screen Tube, a Blue Ribbon and a Brass Screen, each amplified with piezo disks and recorded with super 8 mag stripe film. Edgerton is the MIT research ship at Cape Cod
Recorded opening night at the conference of the Families of Detained and Disappeared. Mona Higuchi and I collaborated for projects with Amnesty Intl later that year.
The stonework here is finer that at Machu Picchu. I opted to record the wind and plants as the site was crowded.
Western Front, Bancouver BC, Canada Feb 22 1987 metal microphones and small blowtorch-an early improvised version of this piece later notated and scored.
South Point on the Big Island is the southernmost point in the US. 1) Boat Launch; 2) Grass/Wind; 3) Near the Wind Farm; 4) at the Wind Farm. Original in vid8 SD. Boat Launch recorded w piezos and windharps and Grass/Wind w/ piezos.
South Point on the Big Island is the southernmost point in the US. 1) Boat Launch; 2) Grass/Wind; 3) Near the Wind Farm; 4) at the Wind Farm Original in vid8 SD.
11 short soundscape/landscape pieces north of the Arctic Circle focused on environment and ecological indicators. Some are excerpts from longer pieces. For FKL and Swiss Radio Soundstainability Conference, Oct 2023
Organized by Families of the Detained and Disappeared during the free election referendum in 1989. The march ended at the Catedral Metropolitana, with speeches, songs & tear gas. The video 8 was used in our installations for Amnesty Intl, now in HD
11 short soundscape/landscape pieces north of the Arctic Circle focused on environment and ecological indicators. Some are excerpts from longer pieces.
Hamningberg, a former fishing village is at the very NE of Norway on Hwy Fv341 & Hwy E7. The sound of wind blowing over slate was recorded along the way. I used a phone to record rocky landscape that is repeated, reversed and shuffled to make 12 views.
Recorded in areas of DV during a 100-year bloom. Sound recorded directly from the wildflowers. Look for the gravel ghosts at the beginning and the 5-spots towards the end. This now in HD July 2023
Recorded on Super8 at Sound Symposium in St. Johns and at Pt Kerwin. Sounds of outdoor windharps, & brass window screens were sent inside for listeners. Signal Hill above is where Marconi sent the first radio broadcast to Europe.
These boys from the village of Colma came by as I was recording the prayer flags.
One of 3 pieces for the installation "Relocation Alaska, 1942-45" by Mona Higuchi and R Lerman on the Internment of the Unangan People during WW2. This site was one of the camps where internees were held. Shown at the Phoenix Public Library.
Well, it's really Walk, Run Walk. There was a spectacular storm over the Pannamint Mountains to the West of Badwater, lowest point in the US Recorded in video 8
Edits and Sound Fixes here. This was one of 3 pieces for the installation "Relocation Alaska, 1942-45" on the Internment of the Unangan People during WW2. This site was one of the camps where internees were held.
At the southernmost location in the US. Boat Launch, Grass wind, Near the Windfarm, At the Wind Farm
Filmed off a Tektronix oscilloscope using gels and magnets to manipulate the Lissajous images. Sounds fed into the scope created images while I played some of the controls. Track mixed on Siemens double system projector. Updated from earlier version below
Stainless Steel mic in Newton, MA... The Blue-Gel Mic in the redwood forest near Eureka, CA with Charlie and Natalie DiCostanzo......
Transducer Series Film 11 The adhesive on the back of this burglar alarm tape was heated with a blow torch by my son Jesse.
Transducer Series Film 10....Copper strip supported between 2 pitchforks. I bought lots of this material surplus
This is part 3 of Grain Series. The other two pieces are Rice, Sado Island, Japan and Hesselt (the Netherlands)-Corn.