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 Gallery show, May 13 – June 17: Blue Noise, 2023 I just started my research into “Blue Noise”. The benefits (better sleep for example) of it’s close companion “White Noise” (a noise that contains all frequencies across the spectrum of audible sound in equal measure) has been researched by scientists for many years. This […]

PARTICIPATION Jocko’s Exploding World Imagine you are in Twenty-Nine Palms, CA. Next door to your Air bnb is a burnt out compound consisting of: 4 charred school buses, a blown out shotgun shack, dead trees, vulcanized vinyl records, and assorted old playboy magazine pages. Your Air bnb host tells you that, Jocko Johnson used to live […]

PARTICIPATION and as seen throughout soundpedro2023 The Mingler [a.k.a The Mɪŋɡ(ə)l’r] Mascot of Ceremonies Collage vivant by Terry Braunstein.Each year, the Mascot of Ceremonies wears a costume that features the soundpedro theme for the year.  This year’s soundpedro’s Mascot of Ceremonies is titled “The Mingler.”  He is both a conjurer and a talisman, representing soundpedro’s social and […]

PARTICIPATION ICY FLOW examines the sonic and visual space of the front lines of climate change. Field recordings mixed with distorted video projections of the Antarctic peninsula form this abstract artwork. Taylor Griffith is a multi-disciplinary artist from Oakland, California. Currently he is living and working in Los Angeles, California. He collaborates with scientists, artists, and […]

PARTICIPATION SynthLab Using a large array of analog and digital electronic, SynthLab creates a continuous soundscape, ranging from quiet ambiance to harsh experimental noise. SynthLab Artists: Faraday CageMatt Pogue has been wrangling electricity with his guitar for three decades. Now he does it with other machines as well.Co-founder of SynthLab univacA consummate TechDweeb, visual artist […]

PARTICIPATION Gallery show, May 13 – June 17: MOLECULAR CONNECTIONS for 4. Each of the 4 hollow roundish forms on top is connected to one of 4 lower ovaloid hollow forms. Underneath & in the middle of the 4 hollow ovaloid forms, each hides a whistle. The 4 roundish forms on the top have an […]

PARTICIPATION Whispering Smoke  Tea and Whispers Ceremony will use the small guard post as an intimate venue for 1 or 2 people max. Using mic’d objects, voice, and acoustic instruments, each participant will have the option to whisper a feeling, phrase, thought, or babble into an audio buffer. They will also have the option to […]

PARTICIPATION soundShoppe Ensemble forms a sound orchestra, consisting of several musicians. Instruments will include circuit bent/homemade devices, accordions, bowed instruments, modular synthesizers, acoustic objects that make sounds (such as long reeds whipped into the air), gongs, percussion objects, voice, drones, guitars, whistles and other indescribable objects. Sound will range from quiet to loud, from drones […]

PARTICIPATION “uu.u ..n..nf f .fo f …o. o.c c.u.se e d d dd… dd d” The artwork was completed one night in a forest amidst strong winds.The artwork titled “uu.u ..n..nf f .fo f …o. o.c c.u.se e d d dd… dd d” features random repetition, disassembly, and overlapping of unfocused letters, symbolizing the sound of […]