tara rodgers | sound art

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	Ice Walk: Eureka/Montreal, 1947-2008 \| 2009 50 years of Canadian ice thickness and snow depth measurements modify a recording of feet in cold water.
	Pink Noise / River Breeze \| 2009 Time-lapse photographs of tree moving in the wind, with pixel data converted to filtered pink noise.
	White Noise / Snowstorm \| 2008 Time-lapse photographs of snowstorm, with pixel data converted to filtered white noise.
	Inauguration, In Sound \| 2009 Aerial view of the National Mall, Washington DC on Inauguration Day, with RGB color data from each pixel converted to sound and noise.
	Resolutions \| 2008 Self-portraits in which a recording of my voice speaks the pixel data. The end of each line is marked with a breath. MP3 (excerpt) \| 2:38 (3.7 mb)
	Three Sonic Panoramas: Vancouver, BC \| 2007 Panoramic portraits of a city, with color information converted to quadraphonic sound.
	Sonic Panorama: Montreal, QC \| 2008 More portraits of urban landscapes, with color information converted to stereo sound.
	Butterfly Effects \| 2006 A generative sound composition derived from behavioral and ecosystem dynamics of migratory monarch butterflies, and inspired by the butterfly effect concept of chaos theory.
	Butterfly Ecosystem \| 2005 An instructional score for an ensemble of improvisers, based on environmental conditions and behavioral aspects of migrating butterflies. Performed by the Mills College Contemporary Performance Ensemble. MP3 \| 10:51 (12.4 mb) \| Score
	20 Largest State-to-State Migration Flows \| 2006 A series of audiovisual compositions that render large-scale patterns of movement from U.S. census data in oscillating signals.
	Places I've Lived & Traveled To, 1973-2005 \| 2005 An audiovisual composition tracking my movement patterns throughout life, based on memories of living and travel.
	Magnus Harmonica \| 2004 Drone piece made from 1950s-60s toy electric organs. MP3 \| 6:37 (7.6 mb)
	Unspeakable Items \| 2003 An audio collage in which Mac computer voices speak about gender and technology. "Bruce," "Fred," and "Victoria" read from Rodgers & Hammerstein's "I Enjoy Being A Girl," Gertrude Stein's texts on repetition, and theorists including Judith Butler and Donna Haraway. MP3 \| 6:18 (7.2 mb)
	© 2010 :: e-mail info at domain

	home \| back to music and sound
	Ice Walk: Eureka/Montreal, 1947-2008 \| 2009 50 years of Canadian ice thickness and snow depth measurements modify a recording of feet in cold water.
	Pink Noise / River Breeze \| 2009 Time-lapse photographs of tree moving in the wind, with pixel data converted to filtered pink noise.
	White Noise / Snowstorm \| 2008 Time-lapse photographs of snowstorm, with pixel data converted to filtered white noise.
	Inauguration, In Sound \| 2009 Aerial view of the National Mall, Washington DC on Inauguration Day, with RGB color data from each pixel converted to sound and noise.
	Resolutions \| 2008 Self-portraits in which a recording of my voice speaks the pixel data. The end of each line is marked with a breath. MP3 (excerpt) \| 2:38 (3.7 mb)
	Three Sonic Panoramas: Vancouver, BC \| 2007 Panoramic portraits of a city, with color information converted to quadraphonic sound.
	Sonic Panorama: Montreal, QC \| 2008 More portraits of urban landscapes, with color information converted to stereo sound.
	Butterfly Effects \| 2006 A generative sound composition derived from behavioral and ecosystem dynamics of migratory monarch butterflies, and inspired by the butterfly effect concept of chaos theory.
	Butterfly Ecosystem \| 2005 An instructional score for an ensemble of improvisers, based on environmental conditions and behavioral aspects of migrating butterflies. Performed by the Mills College Contemporary Performance Ensemble. MP3 \| 10:51 (12.4 mb) \| Score
	20 Largest State-to-State Migration Flows \| 2006 A series of audiovisual compositions that render large-scale patterns of movement from U.S. census data in oscillating signals.
	Places I've Lived & Traveled To, 1973-2005 \| 2005 An audiovisual composition tracking my movement patterns throughout life, based on memories of living and travel.
	Magnus Harmonica \| 2004 Drone piece made from 1950s-60s toy electric organs. MP3 \| 6:37 (7.6 mb)
	Unspeakable Items \| 2003 An audio collage in which Mac computer voices speak about gender and technology. "Bruce," "Fred," and "Victoria" read from Rodgers & Hammerstein's "I Enjoy Being A Girl," Gertrude Stein's texts on repetition, and theorists including Judith Butler and Donna Haraway. MP3 \| 6:18 (7.2 mb)
	© 2010 :: e-mail info at domain