upcoming MICA commencement exhibition

Some of my work will be in the Commencement 2009 Exhibition at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Every campus building is transformed into gallery space for this year's graduating students. Check out the exhibitions from Friday, May 15 through Monday, May 18. (The campus-wide reception is on Sunday, May 17 from 1:30pm-5pm.)

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I created this video for my Sound I final project in December 2008. I've finally gotten around to uploading it.

This five minute film piece uses imagery from Google Earth’s immense database of satellite images of the Earth’s surface. The sound component to the film utilizes sounds from synthesizers, computer generated sine tones, various instruments, and sounds gathered using a contact microphone. Beginning calmly with images of natural desertscapes, the film moves through several more stages of sound and image (tundra, forest, mountain...), a slow crescendo of nature to the climax of the sprawling city: fast, flickering imagery with a collage of sound portrays the chaos, disorder, and complexities of civilization and technology. The video, among other things, is a comment on the power of the human race and current global issues concerning our environment.

The film, as well as many others from my class, will be featured in MIXTAPE - an exhibition at the Brown Center - this week. Come check it out.