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Strange Reflectors Performed
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Duly Notated
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Seeing Xenakis’ notation of his musical scores, especially in relation to the architectural pieces, was somewhat inspiring. He wrote out his music more from how he felt the music flowed, rather than the standard staff. My project, Strange Reflectors, initially didn’t lend itself to any musical notation in my head. After listening to some audio [...]
Strange Reflectors
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The current iteration of Strange Reflectors involves an Audio Spotlight (a hyper directional speaker) and 5 metal reflective surfaces that can be moved and rotated to direct sound from the AS toward each other and toward people passing through the Union Square North plaza. In order to spread Strange Reflectors out into the world, it [...]
Ghosts of Union Square
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Photographer, Sound Designer One day while wandering around Union Square in New York City, I wanted to capture the motion and action of the park in a single still image.
The Window
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Description: This installation will allow participants to create sound by strumming or hitting the strings on the piano plate and manipulate the sound from the audio spotlight using a metal tube for echo, a cone for amplification and plastic sheets for reflecting the sound. The tube, cone and plastic sheets will be mounted on tracks [...]
Emmons Ave on a Tuesday Afternoon
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Emmons Avenue in Sheepshead Bay is a sort of legendary spot in South Brooklyn. A one hundred and thirty year old pedestrian bridge, a hundred year old restaurant and a large number of fishing boats scattered amongst the newer storefronts. This is the Brooklyn I think of. Emmons Avenue Soundwalk View Emmons Ave Soundwalk in [...]
Deep Listening Off the Belt
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I found a bench off the Belt Parkway, just east of the Verrazano Bridge, where I could try and enjoy the sounds of deep south Brooklyn. My favorite moments in this area are usually inside a car during a thunderstorm, due to the immense amount of lightning that occurs there. Sounds of the Worst Parkway [...]