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“if i ever find what i’m looking for, i will be absorbed and never write again” — Montgomery Campbell
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these are notes about my own sound-centric ways of approaching what i do. there are academic terms that aim—like in the case of the word Acousmatic—to define some of the ideas in my notes. but many of these definitions favor a visual-centric interpretation of sound and listening, which isn’t the departure point upon which I stand.

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    Improvisation

    Listen to the recording of the June 2nd, 2024 Improvisation featuring Lukas Ligeti (drums), and Gustavo Matamoros (guitar + electronics). The performance took place at the Deering Estate theater in Miami.

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    Subtropics 2023 Marathon

    Three Satellite Events and a Marathon at Deering Estate bring back echoes of Subtropics Festivals past Experience the Subtropics Marathon— an extraordinary showcase of intermedia and experimental artists pushing sonic…

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    Sound as Medium – Flash Art

    A profile article by Barbara London, former curator of media arts at MoMA, publish in the February 2022 “Listening In” column of Flash Art International.

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    Shiphorn

    A sketch proposal for a dream project at Maurice Ferre/Museum Park that establishes an opportunity for interaction between departing cruise ships and the land in the form of a horn-to-horn farewell salutation

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    Soundhouse

    The format is that of a lighthouse tower equipped to project, not light or church bell tolls, but sobering organ drones; sound paintings over the bay’s surface that weave into the land like river water through the neighborhood’s streets only a for few minutes, every hour on the hour

  • Some Tags

    notes about Tags used in this website as an attempt to organize the various sound experiments and activities

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    Loose Notes

    This page is a repository for unfiltered notes saved over the past three decades, all or mostly related to sound.

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    Career Narrative

    A career narrative describing my activities as experimentalist, composer, sound artist and cultural urbanist. It includes some documentary photographs and audio samples

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    Protected: Comparing Notes
    Mills College
    (04/22/2019)

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    Artcenter/Oolite Arts Profile

    Click to visit my resident artist profile at Oolite Arts