08-14-08: Solar task Lighting
solar task lighting made from outdoor solar path lights and found objects.
some old tomato cage wire cut up to appropriate lengths and bent to inside diameter of the path lights. these are put into aluminum cans with beach sand. the tops of the cans have been cut away.
charge up the solar path lights all day
instant recyclable, solar powered task lighting for working in the studio at night.
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06-29-08: Solar Powered Studio Web Album
Started a Picassa web album for tracking the construction of the solar power system for the studio. Google was the obvious platform choice as they are also working on being self-sufficient via solar power at their main offices..:)
Try the link below to access the web album
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| Solar Power System |
06-19-08: Summer's Pace
It's summer here..so things are moving at summers pace..:)
: origins & found sound
contact mics room acoustics gradations of fidelity amplification looping organic sense of timing silence passed over technology homemade solar environment field recordings samples sampling sampler analog modular purist experimental returning evanston tactile fm innocence fall walking systems language moving change ending beginning reel to reel reel to reel lo-fi hi-fi 8bit 16bit 24bit polished rough sterile earth bound life changing shifting movement gritty another way untethered outside space requirements prairie use what you have consumption deservedness open ended open source pause brings clarity battery powered environmental impact minimal performance and composition sound design sound processing mobile transportable seclusion immersion multitasking unknown seeing research false eerie warmth stillness retreat sudden sense of everything coming together at the right time long past innocent and idea oriented experimentalism has always been connected to expansive and emotive melody for years now i see it and it's path forward
