The form of Point Zero is inspired by the journey one takes in the pursuit of knowledge. Various nebulous motives that represent pieces of information are heard in new, more developed contexts. This piece explores the synthesis options possible in the synthesizer, Massive.

Point Zero

error code 80200053 is the message you receive when a computer file that you are trying to access is corrupted. My goal for this piece was to try and create a piece of music that became corrupted and completely jumbled. To achieve this on a large scale, I conceived a tangible and sensible musical form that I then segmented and rearranged to create a new, less predictable form. Throughout the piece, fragments of cello motives can be heard at different points of development.

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This piece is the product of a collaboration I did with a visual artist. Our task was to visually and sonically convey a chemical analysis we did of a substance. We analyzed a sample of Kalamazoo ground water. All of the sounds I used in this piece come from either water or metal. 

One of our goals for this installation was to convey the data in a tangible manner, so the audience would be able to realize the magnitude of the data results. In order to accomplish this musically, I attributed one variety sound (eg. streams of water, water droplets) to each of the significant spikes in the data. The relative abundance of each of the spikes is directly proportional to the time that each of the different varieties of sounds are heard.

STEAM Collaboration

At a young age, we don't get to choose the environment that we grow up in. For some of us, this means that the ideas and tenants that our parents instill in us dictate how we live our life. In "She Opens Her Mouth," my collaborator, Alyssa Brutlag, and I encourage the audience to mold and reshape these beliefs as we are exposed to new environments and experiences. This piece is about forming your own truths and discovering your own voice.

Keegan Nordby

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