Recorded October 28th, 2024 at Special Feature Gallery in East Garfield Park, Chicago, IL. Audio is in stereo and does not properly convey the spatial dynamics of this quadraphonic work in person.
AC4: Music for Air Conditioners is an immersive environment for quadrophonic sound, conceived in parallel for live performance and installation. AC4 integrates four air conditioners into a droning, harmonious soundscape with modular synthesizers. As global warming makes air conditioners a necessity rather than a luxury, the air conditioner has become a paradoxical symbol of respite and destruction. AC4: Music for Air Conditioners explores this paradox through long form, deep-listening compositions - exploiting our brains’ ability to filter out background noise while repurposing the ignored ambience of daily life into music. Four air conditioners are placed throughout the gallery space, accompanied by four speakers arrayed in a circle. Oscillators and air-conditioners are tuned live, in-concert to the resonant frequencies of the space to create a series of long form, non-linear compositions that explore our relationship to time and space. Blurring the lines between rhythm, tone and perception, AC4 journeys through our subconsciousness and the surreal of our domestic world - exposing a profound, meditative, resonant soundscape beneath the surface.
Recorded October 28th, 2024 at Special Feature Gallery in East Garfield Park, Chicago, IL. Audio is in stereo and does not properly convey the spatial dynamics of the work in person.
AC4: Music for Air Conditioners is an immersive environment for quadrophonic sound, conceived in parallel for live performance and installation. AC4 integrates four air conditioners into a droning, harmonious soundscape with modular synthesizers. As global warming makes air conditioners a necessity rather than a luxury, the air conditioner has become a paradoxical symbol of respite and destruction. AC4: Music for Air Conditioners explores this paradox through long form, deep-listening compositions - exploiting our brains’ ability to filter out background noise while repurposing the ignored ambience of daily life into music. Four air conditioners are placed throughout the gallery space, accompanied by four speakers arrayed in a circle. Oscillators and air-conditioners are tuned live, in-concert to the resonant frequencies of the space to create a series of long form, non-linear compositions that explore our relationship to time and space. Blurring the lines between rhythm, tone and perception, AC4 journeys through our subconsciousness and the surreal of our domestic world - exposing a profound, meditative, resonant soundscape beneath the surface.