it is almost what it seems to be
a string of sonic incidents put together in an uncertain order
audio
60366
it is almost what it seems to be
60366
mirror
a small pool of water forms in a natural hollow. Its reflections give way to this rêverie
video
60359
mirror
60359
at nightfall
a field recording of a mountain wind at night has stirred our muse
field
60353
at nightfall
60353
at daybreak
the edge of daylight plays across the edge places of a modern city
photo
60349
at daybreak
60349
the nth iteration
in which finding the right words proves to be too difficult
audio
60330
the nth iteration
60330
road to ahlat
we set out on a route that takes us north of Lake Van on our way to Ahlat
audio, photo
60324
road to ahlat
60324
tibetan lunch
lunch is prepared for hungry travelers on a backroad journey in Kham Tibet
video
60322
tibetan lunch
60322
the animal inside
rêverie nº7 for running dog, industrial space and found material
audio
60311
the animal inside
60311
wind in the leaves
video document of a moment in time, much like many another
video
60303
wind in the leaves
60303
failed haiku
I wrote this haiku / for you / but it broke
(a collection of glitched images)
photo
60300
failed haiku
60300
painted over
a particular shade of yellow paint is used to cover up graffiti in the city of Kashan
photo
60231
painted over
60231
mayrau
reverie of sounds gathered at the Mayrau coal mining museum in Nortwest Bohemia
audio
60218
mayrau
60218
tunnel song
our Tibetan driver chants through the many long tunnels on the Yăyè Expressway
audio
60181
tunnel song
60181
octalogue ~
compilation of works using concrete sounds, drones, and digitally processed recordings
album
60168
octalogue ~
60168
sanctuary
reverie on the hyper­developed systems of which we are merely component parts
audio
60162
sanctuary
60162
liminal phase
work based on field recordings from post-earthquake demolitions in Adıyaman, Turkey
field, audio
60125
liminal phase
60125
street scenes nº2
video document of a small ensemble playing beside a busy street in Mardin, Turkey
video
60066
street scenes nº2
60066
the hypnagogic cycles
version 2 of the motion picture installation for Vašulka Kitchen Brno
insitu
60053
the hypnagogic cycles
60053
latent subject
a collecton of geo­graph­ically dispersed images with a collectively latent subject
photo
60000
latent subject
60000
voices from afar
weaving together con­trast­ing voices, human or otherwise, from many obscure sources
audio
59990
voices from afar
59990
beyond sublargo ~
concentrated from the 22-hour broad­cast for Radio Art Zone
album
59966
beyond sublargo ~
59966
we see beneath
a com­po­si­tion of im­pres­sions drawn from an artist residency in Port Cetate, Romania
audio
59955
we see beneath
59955
a yearning
rêverie nº6 on the vicissitudes that prey upon a mind thinking of time
audio
59944
a yearning
59944
kars and environs
broad reflections on a visit to the Anatolian city of Kars
lists
59909
kars and environs
59909
rift zone ~
installation for Ústí nad Labem House of Arts. Extract nº​5 from Beyond sublargo
album, insitu
59850
rift zone ~
59850
port cetate
images from the Sonic Futures artist residency at Port Cetate, Romania
photo
59822
port cetate
59822
beyond sublargo
supplemental content adjacent to a 22-hour broadcast for the Radio Art Zone project
blogroll
59800
beyond sublargo
59800
feast day
recordings and images from the K’vi­ri­k’­oba cele­bra­tion on a mountain in Svaneti
event, photo
59789
feast day
59789
border crossing
brief report on crossing the Georian-Turkish border at Sarpi on the Black Sea
essay
59787
border crossing
59787
ruins of ani
collection of impressions made at the ruins of the ancient Armenian city of Ani
photo
59786
ruins of ani
59786
vantage point
from the third floor, we observe ordinary goings-on in the streets of Kars below
photo
59785
vantage point
59785
nightfall
wandering the streets of Kars after sunset has become this collection of images
photo
59784
nightfall
59784
the hypnagogic cycles
motion picture installation for OGV Gallery Igloo, Jihlava
insitu
59750
the hypnagogic cycles
59750
locomotive ɪɪ (redux)
installation for sound and motion picture for M³ Festival, Prague
insitu
59700
locomotive ɪɪ (redux)
59700
escale
atmosphere of old record­ings of har­bor bells. Ex­tract nº​8 from Beyond sublargo
audio
59670
escale
59670
ringings ~
compositions from recordings of various bells. Extract nº​4 from Beyond sublargo
album
59628
ringings ~
59628
moscow, of late
collection of images from the streets and undergrounds of Moscow
photo
59505
moscow, of late
59505
a thinking ocean ~
homage to Lem’s „So­la­ris“ using gen­er­at­ed and found sounds. Nº​1 from Beyond sublargo
album
59500
a thinking ocean ~
59500
intercession
images from the 12-century Church of the Intercession near Vladimir, Russia
photo
59460
intercession
59460
verso
a distillation of angst in the form of a work that includes found and generated elements
audio
59447
verso
59447
cicadas
recording of cicadas holding forth in their treetop roosts at Lake Lisi in Tbilisi
field
59407
cicadas
59407
isle of the dead
étude for optical sound samples from various sources
audio
59360
isle of the dead
59360
stochastic elegies ~
a hundred chasms between us and understanding
album
59310
stochastic elegies ~
59310
displacement
assemblage of heavily processed fragmentary recordings from the streets of Rome
audio
59266
displacement
59266
aruchavank
assemblage of sounds from Armenia created for Each Morning of the World
audio, field
59251
aruchavank
59251
early spring
remin­is­cence of early spring journeys in the eastern Georgian region of Kakheti
photo
59240
early spring
59240
anomaly
sound collage of sonic residues derived from a found melody, a fog horn and forest wind
audio
59235
anomaly
59235
reverie nº5
assemblage built up from time-stretched fragments of found sounds
audio
59207
reverie nº5
59207
winter walk
a winter walk in a Bohemian forest harboring something of great antiquity
photo
59186
winter walk
59186
november
reflection on the annual beginning-of-the-end month of November using concrete sounds
audio
59183
november
59183
a horizon effaced ~
two atmospheric movements from Crimean shores
album
59090
a horizon effaced ~
59090
cattle market
recording from a cattle market in Armenia next to the main road south from the capital
field, photo
59048
cattle market
59048
land of the rose
summertime journey in southern Bohemia in images of its roads, towns and countryside
photo
59042
land of the rose
59042
from my window
contibution to the compilation Pass it on ~ Early Morning Soundscapes
field
59033
from my window
59033
unraveling
reverie in snippets of found sound as filtered through many convolvers
audio
59008
unraveling
59008
morning truck
field recordings and images from a roadside guest house in Maharashtra, India
field, photo
58999
morning truck
58999
afilador
field recording from a quiet neighborhood street in Montevi​deo, Uruguay
field
58992
afilador
58992
urfa
recordings and images from the crowded and noisy bazaars of Sanlıurfa, Turkey
field, photo
58985
urfa
58985
frontier
collage using recordings of microphone tracings as well as additional found material
audio
58980
frontier
58980
impromptu nº1
edited improvisation for clothes drying rack and contact microphones
audio
58963
impromptu nº1
58963
a poem for burning
soundwork inspired by the St. Petersburg An­na Akhmatova Museum
audio
58952
a poem for burning
58952
drumming
in Montevi​deo, a field recording of of candombe street drumming
field
58951
drumming
58951
a quiet city
nighttime field recording created as Prague entered general quarantine
event
58925
a quiet city
58925
st. petersburg metro
recording offered here as a sketch of the St. Petersburg metro
field
58902
st. petersburg metro
58902
so it falls
rushing and falling water together with a found recording of Hutsul bells
audio
58885
so it falls
58885
as it rises
composition of a field recording of a hay baler and distant church bells
audio
58853
as it rises
58853
nocturnes ~
anthology of works exploring sound as a metaphor for bringing light to a dark space
album
58818
nocturnes ~
58818
slatiny
images and sounds from what is left of the old ‘emergency colony’ of Slatiny, Prague
photo, field
58809
slatiny
58809
diyarbakır
images from the old Sur of Diyarbakır in southeast Anatolia
photo
58803
diyarbakır
58803
hapax legomenon
assemblage of optical sound material and instrument samples
audio
58768
hapax legomenon
58768
mare nostrum
composition of field and found recordings using the Mediterranean Sea as a starting point
audio
58740
mare nostrum
58740
asia minor
flying over what was once called Asia Minor, from the east toward İstanbul
photo
58706
asia minor
58706
nemrut dağı
images from the ruins atop Nemrut Dağı in Anatolia and views of the landscape around
photo
58704
nemrut dağı
58704
addis ababa
collection of glimpses from in and around Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia
photo
58636
addis ababa
58636
kutaisi (redux)
collection of filecasts in various media of the city and environs of Kutaisi, Georgia
lists
58616
kutaisi (redux)
58616
fata morgana ~
an album of sound scenes instantiated through convolution
album
58601
fata morgana ~
58601
landing
the visual effect of a dawn landing at the Cairo airport and the Brocken spectre
photo
58529
landing
58529
bus ride
recording of a bus ride to across the northern part of Ethiopia on the way to Lalibela
audio
58528
bus ride
58528
lake tana
riding in a boat on Lake Tana and hiking the Zege peninsula of Ethiopia
photo
58521
lake tana
58521
a dream of smoke and birds ~
studies of near silences and resonances
album
58470
a dream of smoke and birds ~
58470
kutaisi
composition that convolves together two recordings made in Kutaisi, Georgia
audio
58469
kutaisi
58469
alaverdi
images from around Alaverdi, in the rugged and mountainous Lori district of Armenia
photo
58416
alaverdi
58416
edge of town
documents from a walk through the transition zone from an urban zone into nature
photo
58360
edge of town
58360
reverie nº2
second attempt at an improvisation for various unrelated sounds
audio
58353
reverie nº2
58353
reverie nº1
improvisation for a variety of unrelated sounds brought together on impulse
audio
58321
reverie nº1
58321
one kilometer
a walk among the visible traces of geodetic measurements of the earth
field, photo
58307
one kilometer
58307
street scenes nº1
notebook of edited recordings of various street scenes from Shaxi in Yunnan, China
field
58301
street scenes nº1
58301
trilogy ~
improvisations on the surfaces of physical things recorded by direct contact
album
58295
trilogy ~
58295
points on a map ~
overlapping and collaged remixes from „Moving, still“ for Silent_night
album
58222
points on a map ~
58222
istanbul
five days in İstanbul are condensed into this series of images
photo
58207
istanbul
58207
sleepwalker
found bells, chimes, and other sounds recall Caligari and other tales of somnambulism
audio
58200
sleepwalker
58200
late winter
in which we vist two locations in Prague to present this notebook of winter ambiences
field
58194
late winter
58194
momentum ~
sound works on the subject of inertia, momentum and the idea of space travel
album
58182
momentum ~
58182
the singing baker
notebook of summer ambiences that portray the morning street life in Tbilisi, Georgia
field
58167
the singing baker
58167
fall to earth ~
six small scale por­traits of feel­ing lost in space and time, of uncer­tain­ty and mel­an­choly
album
58160
fall to earth ~
58160
new year bird
recording of pre­pa­ra­tions for New Year’s fes­ti­vi­ties from a temp­le in Shaxi, China
field
58108
new year bird
58108
end of ramadan
recording of a reading of the Qur’an from a mosque courtyard in Berat, Albania
field
58101
end of ramadan
58101
mahjong
recording of street sounds and mahjong players in Baisha in the Yunnan, China
field
58090
mahjong
58090
cable car
recording of a cable car ride over the mountain mining town of Chiatura in Georgia
field, photo
58080
cable car
58080
penumbra
portfolio of images of journeys through central and eastern Europe and into Asia
photo
58066
penumbra
58066
east by rail ~
three audio com­po­si­tions inspired by various journeys east across Eurasia
album
58060
east by rail ~
58060
prototype
documentation for a project using optical sound used in live performance
other, event
58000
prototype
58000
field notes
collection of columns and essays that I wrote for the journal HisVOICE
blogroll
57999
field notes
57999
midnight sun ~
themes taken from two previous filecasts are reworked into this long-form piece
album
57970
midnight sun ~
57970
gelati
images from Gelati and Motsameta mon­as­ter­ies near Kutaisi in western Georgia
photo
57939
gelati
57939
market – bazari
collection of images from the central market area or ‘bazari’ of Kutaisi, Georgia
photo
57938
market – bazari
57938
moving, still.
twenty-nine audio works, each always in the realm of the in­be­tween, like a twilight 𝄐
album
57900
moving, still.
57900
forum romanum
while visiting the Roman Forum, we hear overhead the inexplicable sound of fluttering helicopters 𝄐
audio
57884
forum romanum
57884
lost street
a light rain taps our umbrella as we wander the streets of Olomouc, Czechia, looking for the lost one 𝄐
audio
57872
lost street
57872
besh barmag
as we climb the rocky outcrop of Besh Barmag in Azerbaijan, we are stopped by fortune tellers 𝄐
audio
57858
besh barmag
57858
black garden
devotional candles sputter as they burn in the old Armenian churches of Nagorno-Karabagh 𝄐
audio
57857
black garden
57857
gazimağusa
the Turkish Cypriot city of Gazimağusa provided the street ambience that was the source of these strains 𝄐
audio
57848
gazimağusa
57848
shaniwar peth
street sounds from Pune, India are blended together with musical strains derived from them 𝄐
audio
57841
shaniwar peth
57841
after marco polo
location sounds from Shaxi, China, form the basis for these floating and wavering strains 𝄐
audio
57840
after marco polo
57840
bakhchisaray
a slow cascade of tones is derived from a street ambience from the Crimean Tatar capital 𝄐
audio
57838
bakhchisaray
57838
qobustan
sighing and squeaking oil pumps work everywhere in the oil-rich regions of Azerbaijan
field, photo
57837
qobustan
57837
park in göygöl
these incandescent strains were extracted from a streetscape portrait of the Azer­bai­jani town of Göygöl 𝄐
audio
57833
park in göygöl
57833
along the mekong
jungle sounds mix together with the electrified village along the Mekong River 𝄐
audio
57832
along the mekong
57832
tarnów
a street musician’s labors are reworked into this sombre, abstract ambience 𝄐
audio
57830
tarnów
57830
coffee on sand
the subdued sounds of this ambient impression recalls the Armenian quarter of the city of Ľviv 𝄐
audio, essay
57827
coffee on sand
57827
saint-séverin
this street ambience from the Latin Quarter of Paris includes trans­formed church bells 𝄐
audio
57821
saint-séverin
57821
ouarzazate
public bus stations pro­vide a broad array of sounds, and various processes give them a musical voice 𝄐
audio
57820
ouarzazate
57820
calles de sevilla
the emptying streets of an Andalusian city around year’s end are given voice in these strains 𝄐
audio
57811
calles de sevilla
57811
berliner dom
in which we find that we reveal an experienced memory more deeply when we convolve it with music 𝄐
audio
57809
berliner dom
57809
kutaisi rain
the memory of a par­ti­cu­lar rain is cap­tured in this recording and musical ambience 𝄐
audio
57808
kutaisi rain
57808
tea and horses
visual impressions collected during a journey throughout the Yunnan province of China
photo
57800
tea and horses
57800
karpaz
sound of the Medi­ter­ra­nean shore on the rat­tail of land thrust­ing north­east from the isle of Cyprus
field
57758
karpaz
57758
place lahdim
we find these yearning strains through our manipulation of sound from a central place in Meknès, Morocco
audio
57736
place lahdim
57736
swallows of putna
a trans­form­ation of the sound of swal­lows from the Putna monastery in Romania
audio
57735
swallows of putna
57735
seaside promenade
we walk the seaside promenade of Odesa in the late afternoon of a summer turning to fall
audio
57732
seaside promenade
57732
regolare a milano
the sound of systems breaking down may serve as a synechdoche for the entropy of the universe 𝄐
audio
57729
regolare a milano
57729
stelæ at odzun
recording from the 8th-century church at Odzun, Armenia is becomes an oblique portrait in time 𝄐
audio
57728
stelæ at odzun
57728
zastávka orionka
recording of a pedestrian intersection in Prague is used as a source for a more complex tone 𝄐
audio
57725
zastávka orionka
57725
garden of osek
composition using sound from the Osek Monastery gardens in northwest Bohemia 𝄐
audio
57724
garden of osek
57724
marjanishvilis kucha
a recorded carrilon is transformed into a var­iant mus­ical pass­age 𝄐
audio
57723
marjanishvilis kucha
57723
trieste
street recording from Trieste of ringing bells is interleaved with a multi-instrument tone 𝄐
audio, photo
57722
trieste
57722
kaunas centras
a city streetscape is transformed into a stochastic concerto by means of digital processing 𝄐
audio, photo
57720
kaunas centras
57720
over the danube
recording made from beneath a busy modern bridge encapsulates some of the energy of the city of Budapest 𝄐
audio
57719
over the danube
57719
highway 59
a highway recording also captures atmospheric electrical disturbances on the radio 𝄐
audio
57714
highway 59
57714
marktkirche
field recording of the hourly chimes of the central chuch on the Marktplatz in Halle, Germany
field
57674
marktkirche
57674
long shadows
composition for nine various recordings that summons up images of the advancing twilight
audio
57664
long shadows
57664
cold fire
composition for voice, dripping water, and sputtering candles recalling travels in Armenia
audio, found
57651
cold fire
57651
storm receding
a lightly edited field recording of a summer storm as it passes over a small town
field
57602
storm receding
57602
is anyone there
composition using samples from the 1938 War of the Worlds, among other things
audio
57579
is anyone there
57579
aurora
composition using found material that forms a study of contrasts and incongruities
audio
57570
aurora
57570
ghost train
sound collage composed of various convolution of optical sound fragments from old movies
audio
57567
ghost train
57567
ambiguous end
collage made from a set of unrelated field recordings combined with found material
audio
57562
ambiguous end
57562
solstice
composition of mani­pu­lated optic­al sound swells and blares in a way that suggests sunlight
audio
57560
solstice
57560
views of kutaisi
the 3,000-year-old city of Kutaisi, Georgia is the subject of images made during several visits
photo
57548
views of kutaisi
57548
buildings
improvisation made with the sounds of pipes, air handlers, and other architectural circulatory systems
audio
57536
buildings
57536
lake sevan
images from the shores of Lake Sevan in Armenia, taken in both winter and summer
photo
57529
lake sevan
57529
multiversum
collaborative site-specific installation which attempts to stand as a minimal model of a multiverse
insitu
57505
multiversum
57505
micro-continent
images of the micro-continent of Sardinia during a springtime journey
photo
57475
micro-continent
57475
s’incontru
in Oliena, Sardinia, they celebrate Easter with a morning procession and firing rifles into the air
event, field
57474
s’incontru
57474
winter wind
composition of various wind recordings made at Goris, Tengher and at the graves of Ani kings in Armenia
audio, field
57460
winter wind
57460
leap year
remix to commemorate another leap year alongside images of a meridian line in Rome
audio
57448
leap year
57448
selim pass
images of the Selim Pass road on the journey between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh
photo
57435
selim pass
57435
coffee machine
field recording of a passing moment in time during a journey in Armenia
field
57432
coffee machine
57432
roadside eatery
we discuss our itinerary at a makeshift diner along the road during our journey in Armenia
field
57428
roadside eatery
57428
sanahin
field recording and photos of the Sanahin monastery in Armenia as the snow is melting
field, photo
57426
sanahin
57426
boyer chute
field recording from a nature preserve on the Missouri River in Nebraska
field, photo
57412
boyer chute
57412
vapor
exploring the technique of transforming sounds into images and vice versa
audio
57402
vapor
57402
december
ambience reflecting on winter and the passing of months and what their names mean
audio
57377
december
57377
baku metro
images of people and spaces of a metro station in Baku capture our attention and we observe
photo
57371
baku metro
57371
various mysteries
mood for voice, SuperCollider, sampled chimes and granular synthesis
audio
57311
various mysteries
57311
equinox
an unusually round natural object is transformed into the portrait of a demoted planet
photo
57289
equinox
57289
black ocean
an ominous field re­cord­ing made in the en­vir­on­men­tal wasteland of Bohemia’s coal mining region
audio, field
57280
black ocean
57280
mise-en-abîme
we at­tempt to under­stand the traces of the sen­sa­tions of enter­ing a hyp­na­gogic state
audio
57208
mise-en-abîme
57208
caspian sea
we visit the shore of the Caspian Sea by going to the very end of the Abşeron peninsula
field, photo
57175
caspian sea
57175
roof of the world
audio from the summit of the Jvari Pass along the Georgian Military Highway
field
57167
roof of the world
57167
imereti
springtime comes to the Imereti region of Georgia as we pass through gathering impressions
photo
57160
imereti
57160
bells of sapânţa
a workman indulges my recording habit by ringing church bells awaiting placement in the belfry
field
57137
bells of sapânţa
57137
convergence
sketches for a per­for­mance prepared for Školská 28 Gallery, Prague
event
57135
convergence
57135
city of lions
an collection of photographic impressions from a three-day visit to the city of Ľviv, Ukraine
photo
57130
city of lions
57130
ľviv tram
a plain and unadorned field recording made durong a ride on a tram in Ľviv in western Ukraine
field
57126
ľviv tram
57126
inner workings
a work in two parts re­flec­ting on the ex­per­i­ence of rid­ing on an end­lessly turning machine
audio
57117
inner workings
57117
drifting (xinaliq)
from a road leading up a remote val­ley, the clouds drift above while sheep drift below
video
57111
drifting (xinaliq)
57111
sentinel
a collage of sonified data, space noise, found material, and a field recording of distant bells
audio
57080
sentinel
57080
marks
grafitti and other mark­ings from the walls of buildings elicit the com­plex history of Tbilisi, Georgia
photo
57072
marks
57072
tbilisi metro
one of an ongoing survey of the sounds of urban transport, we bring you the metro system of Tbilisi, Georgia
field
57063
tbilisi metro
57063
peths of pune
images made during several days of wandering around the traditional older districts of Pune, India
photo
57056
peths of pune
57056
shoe mending
a moment of time in a shoe repair shop in Kutaisi captured in a sequence of still images
photo
57055
shoe mending
57055
end of night
a pre-dawn field recording from a hotel window in Pune draws a portrait of the city waking up extended run of this recording used in beyond sublargo broardcast
field
57049
end of night
57049
cave temples
a notebook of field re­cord­ings from a jour­ney around the curiosities of Maharashtra, India
field
57040
cave temples
57040
urban temple
field recording of the chance discovery of an urban temple in Pune, India
field
57038
urban temple
57038
under the ice
the brittle sensations of the short dark days of a cold winter are recalled in this arrangement of fragments
audio
56999
under the ice
56999
a warning
a composition with that emphasizes the un­set­tl­ing qua­li­ties of the field and found sound material used
audio
56968
a warning
56968
excursus
a collage that uses of a variety of disconnected fragments, attempting to weave them into a new whole
audio, found
56953
excursus
56953
islands
a weekend visit to Wrocław, Poland left us with this stream of visual impressions
photo
56946
islands
56946
play of light
using video frame manipulation to recover latent space from otherwise flat images
insitu
56911
play of light
56911
æther
in this assemblage of found sound loops we talk about something thought to exist that didn’t after all
audio
56880
æther
56880
down deep
a superficial calm may hide within it a great turmoil; SuperCollider in four voices
audio
56851
down deep
56851
vişeu de sus
abridged field recording of an old steam powered logging train up into a valley of the Carpathian mountains
field
56836
vişeu de sus
56836
forest light
light effects recorded in two distants forests from vantage points both still and in motion
video
56823
forest light
56823
forecast
duel between two or three field recordings of the weather and other inscrutable incidents
audio, field
56809
forecast
56809
consequently
composition for various sources which, though seemingly not connected, are wrestled into a cohereent whole
audio
56789
consequently
56789
isle of calm
collection of images from the Mediterranean island of Mallorca during the winter off-season
photo
56760
isle of calm
56760
freight train
unaltered field recording of a passing freight train as it rolls through an Iowa City neighborhood
field
56757
freight train
56757
bazaar
ten years later, we remember a journey in the Ferghana valley of Central Asia
essay, video
56751
bazaar
56751
almost forgotten
a passage from Marcel Carné’s Les portes de la nuit (1946) results in this sonic rêverie
audio
56733
almost forgotten
56733
solaris
a winter visit to Mall­orca’s sea­side tan­gen­tial­ly leads to reflec­tions on Lem’s thinking ocean of Solaris
essay, field
56708
solaris
56708
world of stone
col­lage of found mater­ial with con­vol­uted pres­sure waves pro­nounc­ing a desol­ate sen­tence on the world
audio
56690
world of stone
56690
beginning
field recording of the pre-dawn call to prayer as recorded from a hill­side over­look­ing Bakh­chy­sarai, Crimea
field
56658
beginning
56658
khersones
modified record­ing of relig­ious chanting in the Cathed­ral of St. Volo­dy­myr at Khersones, Crimea
field
56654
khersones
56654
evening falls in holešovice
essay on the evening twilight from a window in the Holešovice district of Prague
essay
56651
evening falls in holešovice
56651
put out the light
composition of field recordings and found sounds that are given a different life in this context
audio
56633
put out the light
56633
a crimea in impressions
narrative and pho­to­gra­phic im­pres­sions from an autumn Crimea before the cata­clysm
essay, photo
56630
a crimea in impressions
56630
atomic montage
treatise on the theory of atomic montage inspired by the work of the Armenian filmmaker Artavazd Pelechian
essay
56580
atomic montage
56580
lost identity
drone piece sub­jec­tiv­iz­ing the sen­sation of losing one’s way, and per­haps even los­ing one­self
audio
56565
lost identity
56565
maramureş
notebook of sounds from the Maramureş region of Romania near its northern border with Ukraine
field
56550
maramureş
56550
concrete music
music for cement mixer, workmen, and sampled cello; an attempt to literalize the term musique concrète
audio
56530
concrete music
56530
nine minutes
loop with various intrusions on the theme of waiting, not coincidentally for a period of nine minutes
audio
56499
nine minutes
56499
like clockwork
composition for clock, optical sound, and databending suggested by text by Stanisław Lem
audio
56480
like clockwork
56480
the millions
sound collage of an optical source, a recording of an orchestra tuning up from a film by Hackenschmied
audio
56452
the millions
56452
çufut qale
we hike into the dusty heat of the Crimean coun­try­side and at length come to an old cave city of Çufut Qale
photo
56440
çufut qale
56440
density
we think about water ob­lique­ly through the use of time-stretched chimes and rain in a narrow airshaft
audio
56428
density
56428
colossus of air
a reference to a gigantic 19th-century pneumatic people mover slowly evolved into this piece
audio
56414
colossus of air
56414
a beacon
to a set of com­puter gen­er­ated wind-blown and drift­ing sig­nals, we add quo­ta­tions from a film by Sokurov
audio
56390
a beacon
56390
shymkent-almaty
images taken from a window of a sleeper car moving across southern Kazakhstan
photo
56369
shymkent-almaty
56369
inner circle
in this oblique happen­stance of a composition, we may find hints both scientific and esoteric
audio
56356
inner circle
56356
aerograd
atmosphere made by piecing together found optical sound fragments from old Soviet war movies
audio, found
56341
aerograd
56341
observance
observing sever­al un­re­lated re­lig­ious ob­ser­vances, spon­taneous and planned, across Central Europe
field
56333
observance
56333
impulse
bringing an otherwise inaudible electric signal into the audible range, with found footage
video, audio
56306
impulse
56306
dividing line
composition inspired by the subjective effect of crossing an international border into the unknown
audio
56275
dividing line
56275
distant land
composition stirred by foreboding on a night train journey in the Carpathian Mountains
audio
56232
distant land
56232
black sea
the Black Sea around the port city of Odesa from the deck of a passenger boat, with added music
video
56228
black sea
56228
disembarking
field recording of a passenger boat dock at the foot of the Potemkin stairs in Odesa
field, photo
56222
disembarking
56222
fundament
collage of electrical, physical and instrumental sounds brought together by happenstance
audio
56211
fundament
56211
the other side
sound collage for electric organ, rocking boat, train semaphore and child’s voice
audio
56200
the other side
56200
budapest keleti
field recording from the cavernous interior space of the classical Budapest Keleti train station
field
56195
budapest keleti
56195
machine age
oblique portrait of the 20th century rendered exclusively in pilfered snippets
audio
56108
machine age
56108
morocco
notebook that assembles sounds captured in the winter during a solo journey in Morocco
field
56088
morocco
56088
falling light
a Gothic tone-poem derived from a sample of music from an unre­mark­able Holly­wood police thriller
audio
56072
falling light
56072
vacuum
atmosphere of inter­plan­et­ary sounds, an attempt to assuage nature’s abhorrence of vacua
audio
56040
vacuum
56040
ostinato
a scrap of film is looped and its color channels are slowly shifted, rejoining at the end in a grand cycle
video, found
56000
ostinato
56000
bissextile
sound collage in irregular time to commemorate an instance of the intercalary day
audio
55986
bissextile
55986
deleted scene
composition of sounds accidental, incidental and intentional, the construction of an absence of sound
audio
55969
deleted scene
55969
transported
notebook of recordings that were made just in the basic act of getting from here to there
field
55952
transported
55952
horloge
recording of an astronomical clock in Lyon situates us within the spectated moment
field
55928
horloge
55928
dresden station
photographic impressions from a passing moment easily forgotten but holding simple poignancy
photo
55905
dresden station
55905
soprianoforte
improvisation for piano, soprano, cowbell and granular synthesis; the overall effect is a series of small accidents
audio
55892
soprianoforte
55892
notes from laos
notebook of field recordings from Laos bringing together fragments of a week-long journey
field
55886
notes from laos
55886
seven times
collage of three sources, one repeated seven times, vaguely connected with the waters of the ocean
audio
55849
seven times
55849
lugubrious
remix of a fragment from an earlier composition that evolves into a sadder concentrated extract
audio
55843
lugubrious
55843
light on water
atmosphere based on optical sound fragments from a film that takes place on the Caspian Sea
audio
55821
light on water
55821
crossing
invention for three sour­ces and found foot­age; pul­sing elec­tri­cal ener­gies coincide in a current of mystery
video, audio
55791
crossing
55791
rumble ping
three enmeshed field recordings suggesting an equivalence among the realities they portray
audio
55763
rumble ping
55763
recognition
video made from a series of frames extracted from sections of a text that OCR failed to read
video
55749
recognition
55749
hungry
reverie of mystery and horror improvised from a 100-year-old scientific film
video
55719
hungry
55719
passing wave
series of layered tones that slowly gravitate from dissonance to consonance
audio
55699
passing wave
55699
snow
video field recording of snow from below
video
55644
snow
55644
on target
composition using a time-stretched dramatic strain that wonders aloud when the tension will be broken
audio
55620
on target
55620
on a wire
a vibrating piano wire and a field recording forms the line of communication between us and the city
audio
55612
on a wire
55612
running as rain
sound collage of cinematic sound accents that have been reshaped into alarming ambiences
audio
55579
running as rain
55579
dune du pyla
images from a hike over the largest sand dune in Europe, located in the Aquitaine of France
photo
55572
dune du pyla
55572
locomotive
collage of steam locomotives and found footage, incorporating a certain narrative impulse
video, audio
55515
locomotive
55515
pareidolia
a charged absence, revealing itself tangentially via selection and montage from a panoply of found footage
installation
55505
pareidolia
55505
choral scratch
composition using many tracks to create a chorus of a decomposing chorus
audio, found
55473
choral scratch
55473
andijon
found music from Uzbekistan, mixed with shortwave undulations and lightning disturbances
audio, found
55430
andijon
55430
remember
something like a radio program, this is a mix of street recordings and found music
audio, found
55396
remember
55396
odesa steps
interleaved frames from video taken going up and down the waterfront steps in Odesa
video
55354
odesa steps
55354
pearl of asia
an assemblage of field recordings of the Cambodian jungles around Angkor Wat
field
55326
pearl of asia
55326
suddenly
footage from the film „Battleship Potemkin“ manipulated at the level of individual frames
video, found
55270
suddenly
55270
nishnabotna landscapes
subjectivization of landscape photographs from the Nishnabotna valleys of Iowa
photo
55250
nishnabotna landscapes
55250
for strings
composition using loops of string harmonics and telephone noises
audio
55207
for strings
55207
atlantic
field recording of the beach and ocean surf at El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain
field
55190
atlantic
55190
edge case
collage of optical sound paired with analog video artifacts from worn prints and tapes of old films
video, audio
55166
edge case
55166
day train
field recording of a train ride as it departs the congested outer reaches of Bangkok
field
55132
day train
55132
someplace else
images from nowhere, everywhere and any­where, arranged as a sequence of cryptic fragments
photo
55114
someplace else
55114
road to siem reap
glimpses of of the Cambodian countryside as seen from a moving car
photo
55080
road to siem reap
55080
night train
field recording of a night train passing east through the Tatra mountains in Slovakia
field
55060
night train
55060
underground
video collage of a long subway escalator interleaved with footage from low-earth orbit and Bach
video, field
55049
underground
55049
forty
collage of lunar landing recordings and footage; an evocation of an event from 40 years ago
video, audio
55033
forty
55033
rather sad
sound collage making use of selected fragments from Satie’s Gnossiennes
audio
55017
rather sad
55017
on air
a portrait of midnight in a small Cambodian town; a collage of field recordings and found material
audio
55005
on air
55005
the blue chair
a blue chair, indifferent amid the heavy traffic, temporarily anchors our point of view
photo
54771
the blue chair
54771
phnom penh
a quiet ambience from a street corner in Phnom Penh suggests its own little mystery
field, photo
54770
phnom penh
54770
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