Video Demo Reel

Originally composed in quadraphonic speaker setup.

Originally composed in quadraphonic speaker setup.

shift.smear contains short vignettes that explore techniques in manipulating pixels and recorded audio. The first section sporadically shifts pixels in large blocks around the screen while the audio rhythmically jumps around multiple channels. As the section evolves, the pixel groups and duration of sounds diminish until they both become particles moving around space. The second section juxtaposes the shifting of the visuals and audio by smearing pixels from neighboring videos while stretching and freezing audio to create a perpetual flow of sound and image.

multimedia for percussion ensemble

When flipping through channels, or channel surfing, one hears and sees a plethora of different sounds and videos. Most of the time, the channel surfer stays at a constant pace, but every so often channels come up that they know they won't watch; so, they flip faster and create different rhythms of visual and sound. The rhythms, patterns, phrases, and repeats are based on letters and numbers according to local Birmingham, AL network news stations: WBRC FOX 6, WVTM NBC 13, WBMA ABC 3340, WIAT CBS 42. Channel Surfing was composed for Birmingham based percussion quartet, Iron Giant Percussion.

CRT 2.0 embodies the idea of technostalgia and the aesthetic of glitch.  Hacking multiple VGA cables allows me to use audio to drive the visuals of the CRT computer monitors.

Memories, the first movement, takes you on a journey back to dial-up internet. The familiar sound of 56k modem dial-up creates a sense of nostalgia and comfort as it synthesizes visuals on the computer monitors. 

Machine, the second movement, I explore the CRT monitors both sonically and visually. I convert the CRT video signal into audio, process the audio, and then turn the audio back into video. By being a buffer within the CRT monitor feedback loop, I institute a relationship among the machines and myself. 

(2014)

Glitchboxx emulates circuit bending in the digital realm.
Arduino to Max to Processing.

(2014)
For Laptop Ensemble and VJ.

One of the biggest questions in quantum physics is "Are they waves or are they particles?". Quantum physicists have concluded that they behave as both.           

The wave-particle duality theory is present in the form: structured, free with random parameters, and free within a structure. The triggered video uses multiple data-bending techniques that follow the structure of the piece, as well as the theorem.