PARTICIPATION Alpha State Suggestions is an exercise in the expressive qualities of spoken voice. The Japanese text deals with various world facts, and has a partly humanitarian and ecological lean. The piece was created from a relatively short sample, spoken by Karen Gomyo in 2002. June Haze Spectral treatment of rock demos by Michelle Zauner. […]
PARTICIPATION Supercluster [excerpt] This excerpt is part of a three-hour piece. . Proposed work as accepted for soundpedro 2020:“Supercluster” is a three-hour ambient composition, developed through spectral manipulation of eight audio sources, ranging from Machaut (14th century French composer) to Björk. The work opens with the second movement of Schubert’s “Trout” quintet, which over the next […]
PARTICIPATION Prayer Wheel . Proposed work as accepted for soundpedro 2021: Prayer Wheel Ambient spectral treatment of indie folk by Kesang Marstrand. The original can be found at kesangmarstrand.bandcamp.com/album/karmapa-khyeno. Vedran Mehinovic was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Composition from New England Conservatory, and a doctorate from UC Santa […]
PARTICIPATION Morning Rumble Morning Rumble is an ambient work entirely created from Norwegian birdsong, and lasting over an hour. I was drawn to the contrast between the high chirps and low, rapid rumble of wings. These elements stretch to massive proportions in the piece, and inform the structure of the soundscape. Vedran Mehinovic was born in […]
PARTICIPATION Audio Composition On-site and online June 3rd: “December Bells” is an ambient work of nearly two hours, an expansion of an eight-minute kantele (Finnish zither) composition by Pauliina Syrjälä. An instructor at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, her piece Kirkonkellot (Church Bells) is based on a kantele recording from the early 20th century. Finland […]
PARTICIPATION Red_Green_Snake_X_Wormhole_Blues . Proposed work as accepted for soundpedro 2021: Red_Green_Snake_X_Wormhole_Blues An excerpt from my ambient/experimental track, wormhole blues, with the Red/Green snake version of the visualizations. This 3min segment is from the middle of a 34 minute piece selected especially for soundpedro 2021. This audio piece was created with a Comdyna GP-6 analog computer […]
PARTICIPATION somber calls of the end times A small intimate sculpture with a screen and headphones playing audio. Vav Vavrek earned his MFA in Sculpture / 4D from California State University at Long Beach and is currently a PhD student in Media Study with the University at Buffalo where he is applying research into affect theory, […]
PARTICIPATION Caught in a Wormhole . Proposed work as accepted for soundpedro 2021: Caught in a Wormhole is the most recent collaborative installation by artist duo VavNet. This work combines elements of video and sonic projections with hand woven sculpture that interacts with its surroundings and architecture. The woven sculpture is created from silver cotton and […]
PARTICIPATION Right and Left imBalance The piece consists of two sculptural forms that are abstractions of physical entities which communicate with each other and respond to the viewer. The forms are made of mixed media materials featuring translucent weavings that react to the audio through light and contain sensors that allow them to interact with […]
PARTICIPATION soundpedro 2021 participation: N/A Proposed work as accepted for soundpedro 2021: ruminating thoughts Sometimes it’s really f*cking hard to live in the present moment with anxiety. We can spend most of our days bombarded with the fast pace of daily life and distractions, we forget to enjoy what is- right now. The sounds of […]