The bench final-fast

Carver v Close

Spill - ReHappening

Condensed Gallery version of Spill, originally created for the 2014 ReHappening; Chance Operations event at Black Mountain College.

Spill - Gallery Version

This is the audio of a sculpture installation that I created for Asymmetric Kin (https://asymet.wordpress.com/a1/).
"His work titled 'False Promises' reflects his own interest in the choices that humans take to help or to hurt other humans; the choice between empathy and disregard. Triggered by the particular story, of selling fake life jackets to Syrian refugees, his piece combines the physicality of a child-sized life jacket with the sounds of children playing in water. The dichotomy of the hearing the playful sounds and seeing the life jacket, on the floor, stuffed with disregarded newspaper, forces the viewer to uncomfortably put themselves on the same level."
Asymmetric Kin, curated by the curating team of Naz Cuguoğlu & Mine Kaplangı (Istanbul) and Jonathan Rattner & Paul Collins (Nashville), is a project that will pair four artists from each city in a 6-­month collaborative relationship that will culminate in synchronous exhibitions in Istanbul and Nashville for the Fall of 2016. Drawing a line between Nashville and Istanbul, we are turning our eyes to “asymmetry” as an art method linking two cities with different socio­political situations, histories, and daily problems. This project is designed as a cultural exchange and a research experiment between Coop Curatorial Collective (Nashville, TN) and Creative Çukurcuma (Istanbul) supported by Seed Space (Nashville, TN) to learn from these differences and examine the nature of asymmetry.

False Promises

Sound element for The Photo Memory Project Installation by Michael Dickins

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interviews2 - The Photo Memory Project

Wailing Wall is a 24-channel audio installation originally designed for The Browsing Room Gallery, located in the bottom of the Downtown Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee.

When thinking about the presumed reasoning behind both the proposed physical border wall across the Southwestern U.S., and the metaphorical border wall of heavy restrictions on Middle Eastern refugees; I began to empathize with the tens of thousands of people risking their lives for the safety and betterment of their families and children. As a father of two children, I am empathetic, but often question the level of my empathy.
 
Wailing Wall is an idea where faceless voices cry out from a slick, manufactured wall. It is an idea that asks the viewer to slow down, sit and listen. It is an idea that questions empathy and apathy. It is an idea of self-reflection.

You're listening to a 7 min, 2-channel version. Installation is 24-channel, continuous randomizing of these included sounds.

Walling Wall - sample cut

Ice rain

A visual artist/non-musician that is creating sound scores.

These are experimental sound pieces created by using a systematic
process that combines placement of sound predetermined
by my visual work with my choice of simulated instrument.I am currently seeking to share my notations to record with live musicians.

Commissions available for dance companies, theatre and other performing arts.


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