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278 filecasts, albums, and other projects older newer
2024
it is almost what it seems to be 60366
audio — 10 minutes
a string of sonic incidents put together in an uncertain order
. ', ' . 2024
mirror 60359
video — 1 minute
a small pool of water forms in a natural hollow. Its reflections give way to this rêverie
bohemia . ', ' . 2024
at nightfall 60353
field — 15 minutes
a field recording of a mountain wind at night has stirred our muse
anatolia . ', ' . 2024
at daybreak 60349
photo — 28 images
the edge of daylight plays across the edge places of a modern city
anatolia . ', ' . 2024
the nth iteration 60330
audio — 10 minutes
in which finding the right words proves to be too difficult
enigma . ', ' . 2024
road to ahlat 60324
audio, photo — 6 minutes, 22 images
we set out on a route that takes us north of Lake Van on our way to Ahlat
anatolia . ', ' . 2024
tibetan lunch 60322
video — 1 minutes
lunch is prepared for hungry travelers on a backroad journey in Kham Tibet
kham-tibet . ', ' . 2024
the animal inside 60311
audio — 9 minutes
rêverie nº7 for running dog, industrial space and found material
. ', ' . 2024
2023
wind in the leaves 60303
video — 2 minutes
video document of a moment in time, much like many another
azerbaijan . ', ' . 2023
failed haiku 60300
photo — 21 images
I wrote this haiku / for you / but it broke (a collection of glitched images)
glitch . ', ' . 2023
painted over 60231
photo — 12 images, 90-second cycle
a particular shade of yellow paint is used to cover up graffiti in the city of Kashan
iran . ', ' . 2023
mayrau 60218
audio — 16 minutes
reverie of sounds gathered at the Mayrau coal mining museum in Nortwest Bohemia
bohemia, machine . ', ' . 2023
tunnel song 60181
audio — 9 minutes
our Tibetan driver chants through the many long tunnels on the Yăyè Expressway
tibet . ', ' . 2023
octalogue ~ 60168
album — 8 tracks
compilation of works using concrete sounds, drones, and digitally processed recordings
. ', ' . 2023
sanctuary 60162
audio — 8 minutes
reverie on the hyperdeveloped systems of which we are merely component parts
city . ', ' . 2023
liminal phase 60125
field, audio — 13 minutes
work based on field recordings from post-earthquake demolitions in Adıyaman, Turkey
anatolia . ', ' . 2023
street scenes nº2 60066
video — 1 minute
video document of a small ensemble playing beside a busy street in Mardin, Turkey
anatolia . ', ' . 2023
the hypnagogic cycles 60053
insitu — 29 minutes
version 2 of the motion picture installation for Vašulka Kitchen Brno
cinema, sleep . ', ' . 2023
latent subject 60000
photo — 51 images
a collecton of geographically dispersed images with a collectively latent subject
light . ', ' . 2023
voices from afar 59990
audio — 6 minutes
weaving together contrasting voices, human or otherwise, from many obscure sources
. ', ' . 2023
beyond sublargo ~ 59966
album — 6 tracks
concentrated from the 22-hour broadcast for Radio Art Zone
. ', ' . 2023
we see beneath 59955
audio — 11 minutes
a composition of impressions drawn from an artist residency in Port Cetate, Romania
romania, river . ', ' . 2023
2022
a yearning 59944
audio — 11 minutes
rêverie nº6 on the vicissitudes that prey upon a mind thinking of time
enigma . ', ' . 2022
kars and environs 59909
lists — 4 filecasts, 1 audio file
broad reflections on a visit to the Anatolian city of Kars
anatolia . ', ' . 2022
rift zone ~ 59850
album, insitu — 1 track
installation for Ústí nad Labem House of Arts. Extract nº5 from Beyond sublargo
geodesy . ', ' . 2022
port cetate 59822
photo — 52 images
images from the Sonic Futures artist residency at Port Cetate, Romania
romania, river . ', ' . 2022
beyond sublargo 59800
blogroll — 18 posts
supplemental content adjacent to a 22-hour broadcast for the Radio Art Zone project
scroll . ', ' . 2022
feast day 59789
event, photo — 6 minutes, 16 images
recordings and images from the K’virik’oba celebration on a mountain in Svaneti
svaneti, feast . ', ' . 2022
border crossing 59787
essay — 6 minutes, 16 images
brief report on crossing the Georian-Turkish border at Sarpi on the Black Sea
anatolia, georgia, borderland . ', ' . 2022
ruins of ani 59786
photo — 46 images
collection of impressions made at the ruins of the ancient Armenian city of Ani
anatolia, armenia, ruins . ', ' . 2022
vantage point 59785
photo — 17 images, 1 video
from the third floor, we observe ordinary goings-on in the streets of Kars below
anatolia, city . ', ' . 2022
nightfall 59784
photo — 20 images
wandering the streets of Kars after sunset has become this collection of images
anatolia, night . ', ' . 2022
the hypnagogic cycles 59750
insitu — 12 minutes
motion picture installation for OGV Gallery Igloo, Jihlava
cinema, sleep . ', ' . 2022
locomotive ɪɪ (redux) 59700
insitu — 1 image
installation for sound and motion picture for M³ Festival, Prague
trains, cinema . ', ' . 2022
escale 59670
audio — 7 minutes
atmosphere of old recordings of harbor bells. Extract nº8 from Beyond sublargo
twilight . ', ' . 2022
ringings ~ 59628
album — 4 tracks
compositions from recordings of various bells. Extract nº4 from Beyond sublargo
bells, russia . ', ' . 2022
2021
moscow, of late 59505
photo — 43 images
collection of images from the streets and undergrounds of Moscow
russia, city . ', ' . 2021
a thinking ocean ~ 59500
album — 5 tracks
homage to Lem’s „Solaris“ using generated and found sounds. Nº1 from Beyond sublargo
ocean, space . ', ' . 2021
intercession 59460
photo — 20 images
images from the 12-century Church of the Intercession near Vladimir, Russia
russia . ', ' . 2021
verso 59447
audio — 13 minutes
a distillation of angst in the form of a work that includes found and generated elements
anomaly . ', ' . 2021
cicadas 59407
field — 9 minutes
recording of cicadas holding forth in their treetop roosts at Lake Lisi in Tbilisi
tbilisi . ', ' . 2021
isle of the dead 59360
audio — 12 minutes
étude for optical sound samples from various sources
anomaly . ', ' . 2021
stochastic elegies ~ 59310
album — 6 tracks
a hundred chasms between us and understanding
numbers . ', ' . 2021
displacement 59266
audio — 9 minutes
assemblage of heavily processed fragmentary recordings from the streets of Rome
nowhere . ', ' . 2021
aruchavank 59251
audio, field — 10 minutes
assemblage of sounds from Armenia created for Each Morning of the World
armenia, bells . ', ' . 2021
early spring 59240
photo — 35 images
reminiscence of early spring journeys in the eastern Georgian region of Kakheti
kakheti . ', ' . 2021
anomaly 59235
audio — 14 minutes
sound collage of sonic residues derived from a found melody, a fog horn and forest wind
anomaly . ', ' . 2021
2020
reverie nº5 59207
audio — 8 minutes
assemblage built up from time-stretched fragments of found sounds
reverie . ', ' . 2020
winter walk 59186
photo — 24 images
a winter walk in a Bohemian forest harboring something of great antiquity
bohemia, winter . ', ' . 2020
november 59183
audio — 9 minutes
reflection on the annual beginning-of-the-end month of November using concrete sounds
bohemia, autumn . ', ' . 2020
a horizon effaced ~ 59090
album — 2 tracks
two atmospheric movements from Crimean shores
crimea, sea . ', ' . 2020
cattle market 59048
field, photo — 8 minutes, 11 images, 520 words
recording from a cattle market in Armenia next to the main road south from the capital
armenia . ', ' . 2020
land of the rose 59042
photo — 92 images
summertime journey in southern Bohemia in images of its roads, towns and countryside
bohemia, summer . ', ' . 2020
from my window 59033
field — 9 minutes
contibution to the compilation Pass it on ~ Early Morning Soundscapes
prague, summer . ', ' . 2020
unraveling 59008
audio — 9 minutes
reverie in snippets of found sound as filtered through many convolvers
reverie . ', ' . 2020
morning truck 58999
field, photo — 3 minutes, 22 images
field recordings and images from a roadside guest house in Maharashtra, India
india . ', ' . 2020
afilador 58992
field — 3 minutes
field recording from a quiet neighborhood street in Montevideo, Uruguay
la plata, city . ', ' . 2020
urfa 58985
field, photo — 9 minutes, 30 images
recordings and images from the crowded and noisy bazaars of Sanlıurfa, Turkey
anatolia, city . ', ' . 2020
frontier 58980
audio — 11 minutes
collage using recordings of microphone tracings as well as additional found material
borderlands . ', ' . 2020
impromptu nº1 58963
audio — 7 minutes
edited improvisation for clothes drying rack and contact microphones
reverie, impromptu . ', ' . 2020
a poem for burning 58952
audio — 6 minutes
soundwork inspired by the St. Petersburg Anna Akhmatova Museum
russia, poetry . ', ' . 2020
drumming 58951
field — 4 minutes
in Montevideo, a field recording of of candombe street drumming
la plata . ', ' . 2020
a quiet city 58925
event — 5 minutes
nighttime field recording created as Prague entered general quarantine
prague, night . ', ' . 2020
st. petersburg metro 58902
field — 7 minutes
recording offered here as a sketch of the St. Petersburg metro
russia, metro . ', ' . 2020
so it falls 58885
audio — 14 minutes
rushing and falling water together with a found recording of Hutsul bells
water . ', ' . 2020
as it rises 58853
audio — 9 minutes
composition of a field recording of a hay baler and distant church bells
horology . ', ' . 2020
2019
nocturnes ~ 58818
album — 4 tracks
anthology of works exploring sound as a metaphor for bringing light to a dark space
twilight, night . ', ' . 2019
slatiny 58809
photo, field — 5 minutes, 32 images
images and sounds from what is left of the old ‘emergency colony’ of Slatiny, Prague
prague . ', ' . 2019
diyarbakır 58803
photo — 31 images
images from the old Sur of Diyarbakır in southeast Anatolia
anatolia, city . ', ' . 2019
hapax legomenon 58768
audio — 9 minutes
assemblage of optical sound material and instrument samples
enigma . ', ' . 2019
mare nostrum 58740
audio — 8 minutes
composition of field and found recordings using the Mediterranean Sea as a starting point
sardinia, sea . ', ' . 2019
asia minor 58706
photo — 41 images
flying over what was once called Asia Minor, from the east toward İstanbul
anatolia, flight . ', ' . 2019
nemrut dağı 58704
photo — 45 images
images from the ruins atop Nemrut Dağı in Anatolia and views of the landscape around
anatolia, ruins . ', ' . 2019
addis ababa 58636
photo — 36 images
collection of glimpses from in and around Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia
ethiopia, city . ', ' . 2019
kutaisi (redux) 58616
lists — 7 items
collection of filecasts in various media of the city and environs of Kutaisi, Georgia
kutaisi, city . ', ' . 2019
fata morgana ~ 58601
album — 6 tracks
an album of sound scenes instantiated through convolution
nowhere . ', ' . 2019
landing 58529
photo — 9 images
the visual effect of a dawn landing at the Cairo airport and the Brocken spectre
flight, light . ', ' . 2019
bus ride 58528
audio — 8 minutes
recording of a bus ride to across the northern part of Ethiopia on the way to Lalibela
ethiopia, road . ', ' . 2019
lake tana 58521
photo — 35 images, 2 sounds, 1 video
riding in a boat on Lake Tana and hiking the Zege peninsula of Ethiopia
ethiopia, lake . ', ' . 2019
2018
a dream of smoke and birds ~ 58470
album — 7 tracks
studies of near silences and resonances
sleep, reverie . ', ' . 2018
kutaisi 58469
audio — 7 minutes
composition that convolves together two recordings made in Kutaisi, Georgia
kutaisi . ', ' . 2018
alaverdi 58416
photo — 31 images
images from around Alaverdi, in the rugged and mountainous Lori district of Armenia
armenia . ', ' . 2018
edge of town 58360
photo — 17 images
documents from a walk through the transition zone from an urban zone into nature
prague, city . ', ' . 2018
reverie nº2 58353
audio — 6 minutes
second attempt at an improvisation for various unrelated sounds
reverie . ', ' . 2018
reverie nº1 58321
audio — 4 minutes
improvisation for a variety of unrelated sounds brought together on impulse
reverie . ', ' . 2018
one kilometer 58307
field, photo — 12 minutes, 47 images
a walk among the visible traces of geodetic measurements of the earth
prague, geodesy . ', ' . 2018
street scenes nº1 58301
field — 10 minutes
notebook of edited recordings of various street scenes from Shaxi in Yunnan, China
yunnan, city . ', ' . 2018
trilogy ~ 58295
album — 3 tracks, 1 bonus
improvisations on the surfaces of physical things recorded by direct contact
radio . ', ' . 2018
points on a map ~ 58222
album — 3 tracks
overlapping and collaged remixes from „Moving, still“ for Silent_night
geodesy . ', ' . 2018
istanbul 58207
photo — 23 images
five days in İstanbul are condensed into this series of images
istanbul . ', ' . 2018
sleepwalker 58200
audio — 7 minutes
found bells, chimes, and other sounds recall Caligari and other tales of somnambulism
sleep, cinema . ', ' . 2018
late winter 58194
field — 9 minutes
in which we vist two locations in Prague to present this notebook of winter ambiences
prague, winter . ', ' . 2018
momentum ~ 58182
album — 4 tracks, 1 playlist
sound works on the subject of inertia, momentum and the idea of space travel
space, infinity . ', ' . 2018
the singing baker 58167
field — 8 minutes
notebook of summer ambiences that portray the morning street life in Tbilisi, Georgia
tbilisi . ', ' . 2018
fall to earth ~ 58160
album — 6 tracks, 1 bonus track
six small scale portraits of feeling lost in space and time, of uncertainty and melancholy
. ', ' . 2018
2017
new year bird 58108
field — 8 minutes, 27 images
recording of preparations for New Year’s festivities from a temple in Shaxi, China
yunnan, horology . ', ' . 2017
end of ramadan 58101
field — 7 minutes
recording of a reading of the Qur’an from a mosque courtyard in Berat, Albania
albania . ', ' . 2017
mahjong 58090
field — 8 minutes
recording of street sounds and mahjong players in Baisha in the Yunnan, China
yunnan . ', ' . 2017
cable car 58080
field, photo — 7 minutes, 18 images
recording of a cable car ride over the mountain mining town of Chiatura in Georgia
georgia . ', ' . 2017
penumbra 58066
photo — 55 images
portfolio of images of journeys through central and eastern Europe and into Asia
twilight, central europe . ', ' . 2017
east by rail ~ 58060
album — 3 tracks, 1 bonus track
three audio compositions inspired by various journeys east across Eurasia
trains, central europe . ', ' . 2017
prototype 58000
other, event — 8 images, 1 text
documentation for a project using optical sound used in live performance
enigma, cinema . ', ' . 2017
field notes 57999
blogroll — 27 posts
collection of columns and essays that I wrote for the journal HisVOICE
scroll . ', ' . 2017
midnight sun ~ 57970
album — 5 tracks
themes taken from two previous filecasts are reworked into this long-form piece
twilight, ocean . ', ' . 2017
gelati 57939
photo — 63 images
images from Gelati and Motsameta monasteries near Kutaisi in western Georgia
kutaisi . ', ' . 2017
market – bazari 57938
photo — 37 images
collection of images from the central market area or ‘bazari’ of Kutaisi, Georgia
kutaisi . ', ' . 2017
moving, still. 57900
album — 29 tracks, 2 playlists
twenty-nine audio works, each always in the realm of the inbetween, like a twilight 𝄐
twilight . ', ' . 2017
forum romanum 57884
audio — 7 minutes
while visiting the Roman Forum, we hear overhead the inexplicable sound of fluttering helicopters 𝄐
rome, city . ', ' . 2017
lost street 57872
audio — 4 minutes
a light rain taps our umbrella as we wander the streets of Olomouc, Czechia, looking for the lost one 𝄐
moravia . ', ' . 2017
besh barmag 57858
audio — 7 minutes
as we climb the rocky outcrop of Besh Barmag in Azerbaijan, we are stopped by fortune tellers 𝄐
azerbaijan . ', ' . 2017
black garden 57857
audio — 7 minutes
devotional candles sputter as they burn in the old Armenian churches of Nagorno-Karabagh 𝄐
armenia . ', ' . 2017
gazimağusa 57848
audio — 7 minutes
the Turkish Cypriot city of Gazimağusa provided the street ambience that was the source of these strains 𝄐
cyprus . ', ' . 2017
shaniwar peth 57841
audio — 7 minutes
street sounds from Pune, India are blended together with musical strains derived from them 𝄐
india . ', ' . 2017
after marco polo 57840
audio — 6 minutes
location sounds from Shaxi, China, form the basis for these floating and wavering strains 𝄐
yunnan . ', ' . 2017
bakhchisaray 57838
audio — 6 minutes
a slow cascade of tones is derived from a street ambience from the Crimean Tatar capital 𝄐
crimea . ', ' . 2017
qobustan 57837
field, photo — 7 minutes, 24 images
sighing and squeaking oil pumps work everywhere in the oil-rich regions of Azerbaijan
azerbaijan . ', ' . 2017
park in göygöl 57833
audio — 8 minutes
these incandescent strains were extracted from a streetscape portrait of the Azerbaijani town of Göygöl 𝄐
azerbaijan . ', ' . 2017
along the mekong 57832
audio — 8 minutes
jungle sounds mix together with the electrified village along the Mekong River 𝄐
indochina . ', ' . 2017
tarnów 57830
audio — 7 minutes
a street musician’s labors are reworked into this sombre, abstract ambience 𝄐
poland . ', ' . 2017
coffee on sand 57827
audio, essay — 6 minutes, 403 words
the subdued sounds of this ambient impression recalls the Armenian quarter of the city of Ľviv 𝄐
ľviv . ', ' . 2017
saint-séverin 57821
audio — 7 minutes
this street ambience from the Latin Quarter of Paris includes transformed church bells 𝄐
paris, city . ', ' . 2017
ouarzazate 57820
audio — 6 minutes
public bus stations provide a broad array of sounds, and various processes give them a musical voice 𝄐
morocco . ', ' . 2017
calles de sevilla 57811
audio — 6 minutes
the emptying streets of an Andalusian city around year’s end are given voice in these strains 𝄐
andalusia . ', ' . 2017
berliner dom 57809
audio — 6 minutes
in which we find that we reveal an experienced memory more deeply when we convolve it with music 𝄐
berlin . ', ' . 2017
kutaisi rain 57808
audio — 4 minutes
the memory of a particular rain is captured in this recording and musical ambience 𝄐
kutaisi, rain . ', ' . 2017
tea and horses 57800
photo — 122 images
visual impressions collected during a journey throughout the Yunnan province of China
yunnan . ', ' . 2017
karpaz 57758
field — 11 minutes
sound of the Mediterranean shore on the rattail of land thrusting northeast from the isle of Cyprus
cyprus, sea . ', ' . 2017
2016
place lahdim 57736
audio — 8 minutes
we find these yearning strains through our manipulation of sound from a central place in Meknès, Morocco
meknes . ', ' . 2016
swallows of putna 57735
audio — 8 minutes
a transformation of the sound of swallows from the Putna monastery in Romania
romania . ', ' . 2016
seaside promenade 57732
audio — 6 minutes
we walk the seaside promenade of Odesa in the late afternoon of a summer turning to fall
odesa . ', ' . 2016
regolare a milano 57729
audio — 6 minutes
the sound of systems breaking down may serve as a synechdoche for the entropy of the universe 𝄐
italy, train . ', ' . 2016
stelæ at odzun 57728
audio — 6 minutes
recording from the 8th-century church at Odzun, Armenia is becomes an oblique portrait in time 𝄐
armenia . ', ' . 2016
zastávka orionka 57725
audio — 6 minutes
recording of a pedestrian intersection in Prague is used as a source for a more complex tone 𝄐
prague . ', ' . 2016
garden of osek 57724
audio — 8 minutes
composition using sound from the Osek Monastery gardens in northwest Bohemia 𝄐
bohemia, autumn . ', ' . 2016
marjanishvilis kucha 57723
audio — 8 minutes
a recorded carrilon is transformed into a variant musical passage 𝄐
tbilisi, city . ', ' . 2016
trieste 57722
audio, photo — 6 minutes, 28 images
street recording from Trieste of ringing bells is interleaved with a multi-instrument tone 𝄐
italy . ', ' . 2016
kaunas centras 57720
audio, photo — 9 minutes, 19 images
a city streetscape is transformed into a stochastic concerto by means of digital processing 𝄐
kaunas, city . ', ' . 2016
over the danube 57719
audio — 9 minutes
recording made from beneath a busy modern bridge encapsulates some of the energy of the city of Budapest 𝄐
budapest, city . ', ' . 2016
highway 59 57714
audio — 9 minutes
a highway recording also captures atmospheric electrical disturbances on the radio 𝄐
iowa, road . ', ' . 2016
marktkirche 57674
field — 8 minutes
field recording of the hourly chimes of the central chuch on the Marktplatz in Halle, Germany
germany, bells . ', ' . 2016
long shadows 57664
audio — 10 minutes
composition for nine various recordings that summons up images of the advancing twilight
twilight, berlin . ', ' . 2016
cold fire 57651
audio, found — 8 minutes
composition for voice, dripping water, and sputtering candles recalling travels in Armenia
armenia . ', ' . 2016
storm receding 57602
field — 14 minutes
a lightly edited field recording of a summer storm as it passes over a small town
iowa, summer . ', ' . 2016
is anyone there 57579
audio — 9 minutes
composition using samples from the 1938 War of the Worlds, among other things
cinema . ', ' . 2016
aurora 57570
audio — 9 minutes
composition using found material that forms a study of contrasts and incongruities
radio . ', ' . 2016
ghost train 57567
audio — 11 minutes
sound collage composed of various convolution of optical sound fragments from old movies
trains . ', ' . 2016
ambiguous end 57562
audio — 10 minutes
collage made from a set of unrelated field recordings combined with found material
memory . ', ' . 2016
solstice 57560
audio — 9 minutes
composition of manipulated optical sound swells and blares in a way that suggests sunlight
horology . ', ' . 2016
views of kutaisi 57548
photo — 50 images
the 3,000-year-old city of Kutaisi, Georgia is the subject of images made during several visits
kutaisi . ', ' . 2016
buildings 57536
audio — 10 minutes
improvisation made with the sounds of pipes, air handlers, and other architectural circulatory systems
city . ', ' . 2016
lake sevan 57529
photo — 22 images
images from the shores of Lake Sevan in Armenia, taken in both winter and summer
armenia, lake . ', ' . 2016
multiversum 57505
insitu — 22 images
collaborative site-specific installation which attempts to stand as a minimal model of a multiverse
enigma . ', ' . 2016
micro-continent 57475
photo — 93 images
images of the micro-continent of Sardinia during a springtime journey
sardinia . ', ' . 2016
s’incontru 57474
event, field — 12 minutes
in Oliena, Sardinia, they celebrate Easter with a morning procession and firing rifles into the air
sardinia, feast . ', ' . 2016
winter wind 57460
audio, field — 9 minutes
composition of various wind recordings made at Goris, Tengher and at the graves of Ani kings in Armenia
armenia, winter . ', ' . 2016
leap year 57448
audio — 10 minutes, 27 images
remix to commemorate another leap year alongside images of a meridian line in Rome
horology . ', ' . 2016
selim pass 57435
photo — 15 images
images of the Selim Pass road on the journey between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh
armenia, road . ', ' . 2016
coffee machine 57432
field — 7 minutes
field recording of a passing moment in time during a journey in Armenia
armenia . ', ' . 2016
roadside eatery 57428
field — 12 minutes
we discuss our itinerary at a makeshift diner along the road during our journey in Armenia
armenia, road . ', ' . 2016
sanahin 57426
field, photo — 11 minutes, 15 images
field recording and photos of the Sanahin monastery in Armenia as the snow is melting
armenia, winter . ', ' . 2016
boyer chute 57412
field, photo — 10 minutes, 11 images
field recording from a nature preserve on the Missouri River in Nebraska
iowa, train, river . ', ' . 2016
vapor 57402
audio — 10 minutes
exploring the technique of transforming sounds into images and vice versa
vapor . ', ' . 2016
2015
december 57377
audio — 16 minutes
ambience reflecting on winter and the passing of months and what their names mean
horology, winter . ', ' . 2015
baku metro 57371
photo — 28 images
images of people and spaces of a metro station in Baku capture our attention and we observe
azerbaijan, metro . ', ' . 2015
various mysteries 57311
audio — 10 minutes
mood for voice, SuperCollider, sampled chimes and granular synthesis
enigma . ', ' . 2015
equinox 57289
photo — 16 images
an unusually round natural object is transformed into the portrait of a demoted planet
horology, space . ', ' . 2015
black ocean 57280
audio, field — 11 minutes
an ominous field recording made in the environmental wasteland of Bohemia’s coal mining region
bohemia, ocean . ', ' . 2015
mise-en-abîme 57208
audio — 9 minutes
we attempt to understand the traces of the sensations of entering a hypnagogic state
sleep, twilight . ', ' . 2015
caspian sea 57175
field, photo — 7 minutes
we visit the shore of the Caspian Sea by going to the very end of the Abşeron peninsula
azerbaijan, sea . ', ' . 2015
roof of the world 57167
field — 9 minutes
audio from the summit of the Jvari Pass along the Georgian Military Highway
georgia, road . ', ' . 2015
imereti 57160
photo — 18 images
springtime comes to the Imereti region of Georgia as we pass through gathering impressions
georgia, summer . ', ' . 2015
bells of sapânţa 57137
field — 9 minutes
a workman indulges my recording habit by ringing church bells awaiting placement in the belfry
romania, bells . ', ' . 2015
convergence 57135
event — 9 minutes
sketches for a performance prepared for Školská 28 Gallery, Prague
enigma . ', ' . 2015
city of lions 57130
photo — 41 images
an collection of photographic impressions from a three-day visit to the city of Ľviv, Ukraine
ľviv, city . ', ' . 2015
ľviv tram 57126
field — 7 minutes
a plain and unadorned field recording made durong a ride on a tram in Ľviv in western Ukraine
ľviv, trains . ', ' . 2015
inner workings 57117
audio — 6 minutes
a work in two parts reflecting on the experience of riding on an endlessly turning machine
twilight . ', ' . 2015
drifting (xinaliq) 57111
video — 2 minutes
from a road leading up a remote valley, the clouds drift above while sheep drift below
azerbaijan, road . ', ' . 2015
sentinel 57080
audio — 11 minutes
a collage of sonified data, space noise, found material, and a field recording of distant bells
twilight . ', ' . 2015
marks 57072
photo — 48 images
grafitti and other markings from the walls of buildings elicit the complex history of Tbilisi, Georgia
tbilisi . ', ' . 2015
tbilisi metro 57063
field — 13 minutes
one of an ongoing survey of the sounds of urban transport, we bring you the metro system of Tbilisi, Georgia
tbilisi, metro . ', ' . 2015
peths of pune 57056
photo — 48 images
images made during several days of wandering around the traditional older districts of Pune, India
india . ', ' . 2015
shoe mending 57055
photo — 17 images
a moment of time in a shoe repair shop in Kutaisi captured in a sequence of still images
kutaisi . ', ' . 2015
end of night 57049
field — 19 minutes
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
india, twilight . ', ' . 2015
cave temples 57040
field — 9 minutes
a notebook of field recordings from a journey around the curiosities of Maharashtra, India
india . ', ' . 2015
urban temple 57038
field — 6 minutes
field recording of the chance discovery of an urban temple in Pune, India
india, city . ', ' . 2015
2014
under the ice 56999
audio — 12 minutes
the brittle sensations of the short dark days of a cold winter are recalled in this arrangement of fragments
winter, twilight . ', ' . 2014
a warning 56968
audio — 8 minutes
a composition with that emphasizes the unsettling qualities of the field and found sound material used
sleep, enigma . ', ' . 2014
excursus 56953
audio, found — 9 minutes
a collage that uses of a variety of disconnected fragments, attempting to weave them into a new whole
enigma . ', ' . 2014
islands 56946
photo — 50 images
a weekend visit to Wrocław, Poland left us with this stream of visual impressions
wrocław . ', ' . 2014
play of light 56911
insitu — 5 minutes
using video frame manipulation to recover latent space from otherwise flat images
enigma . ', ' . 2014
æther 56880
audio — 11 minutes
in this assemblage of found sound loops we talk about something thought to exist that didn’t after all
vapor . ', ' . 2014
down deep 56851
audio — 9 minutes
a superficial calm may hide within it a great turmoil; SuperCollider in four voices
ocean . ', ' . 2014
vişeu de sus 56836
field — 14 minutes
abridged field recording of an old steam powered logging train up into a valley of the Carpathian mountains
romania, train . ', ' . 2014
forest light 56823
video — 2 minutes
light effects recorded in two distants forests from vantage points both still and in motion
crimea, czechia . ', ' . 2014
forecast 56809
audio, field — 9 minutes
duel between two or three field recordings of the weather and other inscrutable incidents
iowa, rain . ', ' . 2014
consequently 56789
audio — 8 minutes
composition for various sources which, though seemingly not connected, are wrestled into a cohereent whole
enigma . ', ' . 2014
isle of calm 56760
photo — 23 images
collection of images from the Mediterranean island of Mallorca during the winter off-season
mallorca, island . ', ' . 2014
freight train 56757
field — 11 minutes
unaltered field recording of a passing freight train as it rolls through an Iowa City neighborhood
train, iowa . ', ' . 2014
bazaar 56751
essay, video — 22 images, 1090 words, 2 videos, 2 recordings
ten years later, we remember a journey in the Ferghana valley of Central Asia
central asia . ', ' . 2014
almost forgotten 56733
audio — 11 minutes
a passage from Marcel Carné’s Les portes de la nuit (1946) results in this sonic rêverie
twilight . ', ' . 2014
solaris 56708
essay, field — 476 words, 3 recordings
a winter visit to Mallorca’s seaside tangentially leads to reflections on Lem’s thinking ocean of Solaris
mallorca, island . ', ' . 2014
world of stone 56690
audio — 9 minutes
collage of found material with convoluted pressure waves pronouncing a desolate sentence on the world
twilight . ', ' . 2014
2013
beginning 56658
field — 9 minutes
field recording of the pre-dawn call to prayer as recorded from a hillside overlooking Bakhchysarai, Crimea
crimea . ', ' . 2013
khersones 56654
field — 6 minutes
modified recording of religious chanting in the Cathedral of St. Volodymyr at Khersones, Crimea
crimea, sea . ', ' . 2013
evening falls in holešovice 56651
essay — 792 words
essay on the evening twilight from a window in the Holešovice district of Prague
prague, twilight . ', ' . 2013
put out the light 56633
audio — 8 minutes
composition of field recordings and found sounds that are given a different life in this context
cinema . ', ' . 2013
a crimea in impressions 56630
essay, photo — 817 words, 132 images, 1 recording
narrative and photographic impressions from an autumn Crimea before the cataclysm
crimea . ', ' . 2013
atomic montage 56580
essay — 838 words
treatise on the theory of atomic montage inspired by the work of the Armenian filmmaker Artavazd Pelechian
cinema . ', ' . 2013
lost identity 56565
audio — 9 minutes
drone piece subjectivizing the sensation of losing one’s way, and perhaps even losing oneself
enigma, memory . ', ' . 2013
maramureş 56550
field — 12 minutes
notebook of sounds from the Maramureş region of Romania near its northern border with Ukraine
romania . ', ' . 2013
concrete music 56530
audio — 7 minutes
music for cement mixer, workmen, and sampled cello; an attempt to literalize the term musique concrète
city . ', ' . 2013
nine minutes 56499
audio — 9 minutes
loop with various intrusions on the theme of waiting, not coincidentally for a period of nine minutes
numbers . ', ' . 2013
like clockwork 56480
audio — 11 minutes
composition for clock, optical sound, and databending suggested by text by Stanisław Lem
time . ', ' . 2013
the millions 56452
audio — 8 minutes
sound collage of an optical source, a recording of an orchestra tuning up from a film by Hackenschmied
numbers . ', ' . 2013
çufut qale 56440
photo — 20 images
we hike into the dusty heat of the Crimean countryside and at length come to an old cave city of Çufut Qale
crimea . ', ' . 2013
density 56428
audio — 9 minutes
we think about water obliquely through the use of time-stretched chimes and rain in a narrow airshaft
numbers, water . ', ' . 2013
colossus of air 56414
audio — 8 minutes
a reference to a gigantic 19th-century pneumatic people mover slowly evolved into this piece
vapor . ', ' . 2013
a beacon 56390
audio — 9 minutes
to a set of computer generated wind-blown and drifting signals, we add quotations from a film by Sokurov
twilight, sea, light . ', ' . 2013
shymkent-almaty 56369
photo — 39 images
images taken from a window of a sleeper car moving across southern Kazakhstan
central asia, train . ', ' . 2013
inner circle 56356
audio — 10 minutes
in this oblique happenstance of a composition, we may find hints both scientific and esoteric
numbers . ', ' . 2013
aerograd 56341
audio, found — 8 minutes
atmosphere made by piecing together found optical sound fragments from old Soviet war movies
flight, cinema . ', ' . 2013
observance 56333
field — 13 minutes
observing several unrelated religious observances, spontaneous and planned, across Central Europe
central europe . ', ' . 2013
impulse 56306
video, audio — 9 minutes
bringing an otherwise inaudible electric signal into the audible range, with found footage
. ', ' . 2013
2012
dividing line 56275
audio — 8 minutes
composition inspired by the subjective effect of crossing an international border into the unknown
borderlands . ', ' . 2012
distant land 56232
audio — 9 minutes
composition stirred by foreboding on a night train journey in the Carpathian Mountains
twilight, borderlands, train . ', ' . 2012
black sea 56228
video — 3 minutes
the Black Sea around the port city of Odesa from the deck of a passenger boat, with added music
odessa, sea . ', ' . 2012
disembarking 56222
field, photo — 3 minutes, 12 images
field recording of a passenger boat dock at the foot of the Potemkin stairs in Odesa
odessa, sea . ', ' . 2012
fundament 56211
audio — 10 minutes
collage of electrical, physical and instrumental sounds brought together by happenstance
twilight . ', ' . 2012
the other side 56200
audio — 10 minutes
sound collage for electric organ, rocking boat, train semaphore and child’s voice
river . ', ' . 2012
budapest keleti 56195
field — 13 minutes
field recording from the cavernous interior space of the classical Budapest Keleti train station
budapest, train . ', ' . 2012
machine age 56108
audio — 8 minutes
oblique portrait of the 20th century rendered exclusively in pilfered snippets
enigma, machine . ', ' . 2012
morocco 56088
field — 14 minutes
notebook that assembles sounds captured in the winter during a solo journey in Morocco
morocco, road . ', ' . 2012
falling light 56072
audio — 7 minutes
a Gothic tone-poem derived from a sample of music from an unremarkable Hollywood police thriller
twilight . ', ' . 2012
vacuum 56040
audio — 10 minutes
atmosphere of interplanetary sounds, an attempt to assuage nature’s abhorrence of vacua
radio, vapor . ', ' . 2012
ostinato 56000
video, found — 5 minutes
a scrap of film is looped and its color channels are slowly shifted, rejoining at the end in a grand cycle
cinema . ', ' . 2012
bissextile 55986
audio — 7 minutes
sound collage in irregular time to commemorate an instance of the intercalary day
horology . ', ' . 2012
deleted scene 55969
audio — 8 minutes
composition of sounds accidental, incidental and intentional, the construction of an absence of sound
cinema . ', ' . 2012
transported 55952
field — 13 minutes
notebook of recordings that were made just in the basic act of getting from here to there
trains, morocco . ', ' . 2012
horloge 55928
field — 8 minutes
recording of an astronomical clock in Lyon situates us within the spectated moment
france, horology . ', ' . 2012
2011
dresden station 55905
photo — 37 images
photographic impressions from a passing moment easily forgotten but holding simple poignancy
train, germany . ', ' . 2011
soprianoforte 55892
audio — 10 minutes
improvisation for piano, soprano, cowbell and granular synthesis; the overall effect is a series of small accidents
impromptu . ', ' . 2011
notes from laos 55886
field — 15 minutes
notebook of field recordings from Laos bringing together fragments of a week-long journey
indochina, river . ', ' . 2011
seven times 55849
audio — 10 minutes
collage of three sources, one repeated seven times, vaguely connected with the waters of the ocean
sea, number . ', ' . 2011
lugubrious 55843
audio — 7 minutes
remix of a fragment from an earlier composition that evolves into a sadder concentrated extract
cinema . ', ' . 2011
light on water 55821
audio — 8 minutes
atmosphere based on optical sound fragments from a film that takes place on the Caspian Sea
sea, vapor, cinema . ', ' . 2011
crossing 55791
video, audio — 10 minutes
invention for three sources and found footage; pulsing electrical energies coincide in a current of mystery
number . ', ' . 2011
rumble ping 55763
audio — 12 minutes
three enmeshed field recordings suggesting an equivalence among the realities they portray
train, city . ', ' . 2011
recognition 55749
video — 3 minutes
video made from a series of frames extracted from sections of a text that OCR failed to read
enigma . ', ' . 2011
hungry 55719
video — 4 minutes
reverie of mystery and horror improvised from a 100-year-old scientific film
cinema . ', ' . 2011
passing wave 55699
audio — 8 minutes
series of layered tones that slowly gravitate from dissonance to consonance
number . ', ' . 2011
snow 55644
video — 4 minutes
video field recording of snow from below
winter, hypnagogia . ', ' . 2011
on target 55620
audio — 7 minutes
composition using a time-stretched dramatic strain that wonders aloud when the tension will be broken
cinema . ', ' . 2011
on a wire 55612
audio — 9 minutes
a vibrating piano wire and a field recording forms the line of communication between us and the city
. ', ' . 2011
running as rain 55579
audio — 13 minutes
sound collage of cinematic sound accents that have been reshaped into alarming ambiences
cinema, rain, radio . ', ' . 2011
dune du pyla 55572
photo — 12 images
images from a hike over the largest sand dune in Europe, located in the Aquitaine of France
france, sea . ', ' . 2011
2010
locomotive 55515
video, audio — 14 minutes
collage of steam locomotives and found footage, incorporating a certain narrative impulse
train, cinema . ', ' . 2010
pareidolia 55505
installation — 41 minutes
a charged absence, revealing itself tangentially via selection and montage from a panoply of found footage
cinema . ', ' . 2010
choral scratch 55473
audio, found — 11 minutes
composition using many tracks to create a chorus of a decomposing chorus
memory . ', ' . 2010
andijon 55430
audio, found — 12 minutes
found music from Uzbekistan, mixed with shortwave undulations and lightning disturbances
central asia, radio, weather . ', ' . 2010
remember 55396
audio, found — 16 minutes
something like a radio program, this is a mix of street recordings and found music
memory . ', ' . 2010
odesa steps 55354
video — 4 minutes
interleaved frames from video taken going up and down the waterfront steps in Odesa
odesa, cinema . ', ' . 2010
pearl of asia 55326
field — 13 minutes
an assemblage of field recordings of the Cambodian jungles around Angkor Wat
indochina . ', ' . 2010
suddenly 55270
video, found — 4 minutes
footage from the film „Battleship Potemkin“ manipulated at the level of individual frames
cinema . ', ' . 2010
nishnabotna landscapes 55250
photo — 26 images
subjectivization of landscape photographs from the Nishnabotna valleys of Iowa
iowa, river . ', ' . 2010
for strings 55207
audio — 11 minutes
composition using loops of string harmonics and telephone noises
memory . ', ' . 2010
2009
atlantic 55190
field — 7 minutes
field recording of the beach and ocean surf at El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain
andalusia, ocean . ', ' . 2009
edge case 55166
video, audio — 15 minutes
collage of optical sound paired with analog video artifacts from worn prints and tapes of old films
cinema, georgia . ', ' . 2009
day train 55132
field — 12 minutes
field recording of a train ride as it departs the congested outer reaches of Bangkok
thailand, train . ', ' . 2009
someplace else 55114
photo — 128 images
images from nowhere, everywhere and anywhere, arranged as a sequence of cryptic fragments
enigma, nowhere . ', ' . 2009
road to siem reap 55080
photo — 21 images
glimpses of of the Cambodian countryside as seen from a moving car
indochina, road . ', ' . 2009
night train 55060
field — 12 minutes
field recording of a night train passing east through the Tatra mountains in Slovakia
train, central europe, night . ', ' . 2009
underground 55049
video, field — 7 minutes
video collage of a long subway escalator interleaved with footage from low-earth orbit and Bach
metro, space, kiyiv . ', ' . 2009
forty 55033
video, audio — 9 minutes
collage of lunar landing recordings and footage; an evocation of an event from 40 years ago
space, radio . ', ' . 2009
rather sad 55017
audio — 11 minutes
sound collage making use of selected fragments from Satie’s Gnossiennes
memory . ', ' . 2009
on air 55005
audio — 10 minutes
a portrait of midnight in a small Cambodian town; a collage of field recordings and found material
indochina, radio, memory . ', ' . 2009
2008
the blue chair 54771
photo — 7 images
a blue chair, indifferent amid the heavy traffic, temporarily anchors our point of view
indochina, road . ', ' . 2008
phnom penh 54770
field, photo — 10 minutes, 18 images
a quiet ambience from a street corner in Phnom Penh suggests its own little mystery
indochina, city . ', ' . 2008