Document:Q11874

i draw from my experiences in art, science, and music to explore the place where the quantifiable and the intangible overlap. My sound collages, found-object sculptures, installations and actions are influenced by rituals and techniques used by scientists, shamans, and philosophers to access, study, and interact with that which cannot be examined by "conventional" means. Using cast-off ephemera and common household items I perform "unconventional" investigations into the nature of reality. My work often contains a hidden element that is revealed by closer examination, or by interacting with the piece.
This is the case, for example, with my works on "sonic fabric", a material woven from prerecorded audiocassette tape. The fabric retains its magnetism, and the pieces made from it can be "listened to" by dragging a tape head over its surface. I compile and make collages of sounds that I then record onto the the tape I use to weave with. The sounds are collected from a wide range of sources: musical, ambient, spoken word. I intend for them to be documents of the human experience, stored snippets of our sonic sensory existence. The project was inspired by quantum physics, Tibetan prayer flags, and the use of small strands of tape as "tell-tails", wind-indicators used on sailboats.