Sound Design - Transport
This final sound project of the semester required the creation of an audio track for a soundless video shot and edited by another fine arts student. I was assigned a video created by Matt Boland in Fall, 2006 in which a student was transported to from his house on Greek Row to the Fine Arts building on campus. His vehicle of choice: a typical household stool. When creating the sound for these visuals, I attempted to consider both the atmospheric and mechanical sounds created by this transportation device.
Prepared Spaces - The Secret Garden
For this project I collaborated with Sculpture student Katie Hagara to design a prepared space which explored the concept of a secret. We decided to develop a “secret garden” through the use of my nature recordings and her centerpiece wind chime.
This project consisted of both my field recordings and appropriated sounds from The Free Sound Project.
Biographical Soundscape - Night
Designed as a “self portrait” this project utilized field recording of my apartment in Pullman, WA to construct a representation of the countless hours we spend sleeping. From the typical ambient natural noises to the more specific mechanical sounds of modern living this piece attempted to shed light on the range of sound that occurs as we sleep
Auditory Landscape - Paradise Creek
This project was constructed as an abstract sound piece which is representational of Paradise Creek in Pullman, WA. It was designed to bring attention to those things which can be overlooked and through the use of isolation, magnification, and exaggeration, alter the listeners experience of it.
This piece was constructed entirely of field recording gathered during the last week of February 2006 and was created for FA 434 - Sound Design.
Appropriated Sound - The Purpose of a Party
This first project of the semester was designed to explore the use of repetition through the patterns and textures of sound. In line with Steve Reich’s It Gonna Rain I choose an interesting piece of audio and attempted to loop it in a compelling and interesting way.
The original sound file was a 1950’s educational film chosen from the Prelinger Archives. This film was designed to teach teenagers how to plan and attend a party, including fun games to play and songs to sing.