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angelus novus 2008
electro-acoustic music score for physical theater performance by angeline gragasin; a national headquarters production performed at various venues in chicago.
fathom 2008
fathom is a 6-part organ accompaniment for a live 4-channel performance by lisa abbatomarco; presented at various venues in chicago.the piece originated as a sound installation in which 4 vocal sounds carefully rose from the bottom of 4 steel pipes set in the snow against a backdrop of industrial white noise.
in live performance, "joined by organ and a fifth layer of improvised vocals, the piece surfaces the breath between the notes and the notes between the notes to find the fulcrum between fixed and vast."
fathom is an exploration of the word's trifold definition "a unit of length equal to six feet; nautical"; "to measure the depths of by means of a sounding line"; and "to penetrate to the truth of".
bric-a-brac 2008
bric-à-brac is a one hour-long sound piece for radio predominated by spoken word in the form of imaginary recipes, procedures, conversions, and translations. unlike ordinary cooking shows, bric-à-brac will encourage the listener to make up their own ingredients and recipes by using the primary ingredient of imagination. multiple list forms, inexistent words, convertions, sound effects, tangential vocalizations, and field recordings will enhance the text by interpreting it in literal or contrasting ways.developed in collaboration with lisa abbatomarco. this show was part of neighborhood public radio's programming at the 2008 whitney biennial, broadcasted live from the school of the art institute of chicago. samples of this show were presented at the 2008 third coast international audio festival.
sound design for fashion designer anke loh's promo reel; video by anke loh and yoni goldstein.
sound design for multimedia documentary/performance by aimee brown and amanda gutierrez; presented at various venues in chicago.
nos tal gia 2006
mellotron score for miniatures/film project by jason fletcher.
cx-500 2003
series of live recordings of radio tuning compositions; illustration by jordan salazar.
.- attenuator
.- beacon
.- diabetes
.- juego de sillas
.- found body
.- cx-500
fdisk: encrypted transmissionz 2003
part of compilation release gathering compositions from sound artists around the world; released by acidsoxx musicks, new mexico.