OCCASIONS (2009)
Occasions produces subtle interactions of delicate, synthetic tones mediated by the resonance of space and the reception of the listener. It is a long form, audio-installation utilizing a 12-channel speaker array to project sound in an exhibition space. Each of the twelve speakers produces a unique sine wave gliding between established frequencies. The twelve speakers are divided into two groups which move asynchronously thus creating a fluctuation in acoustic and psychoacoustic phenomena as the glissandi interact. When listening, what one will notice most obviously are several beating frequencies and difference tones - and that the perception of these is in large part due to where the listener positions herself in relationship to the speakers.
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Installed at the RISD Museum, Providence, RI. February 20 - March 15, 2009:
Available from IYNGES in December 2009. A 10+ hour audio recording of Occasions will be soley distributed as an uninterrupted digital sound file. It will be available as a limited edition of slim USB flash-drives featuring an uncompressed version of the recording and silkscreened packaging.