Movement for the Time Being(s) 2024

Movement for the Time Being(s)

Movement for the Time Being(s) in an interactive sound and video installation that  explores the connection between time, music, landscape and lingering. 

So much misery- anxiety, numbness, regret, boredom- is derived from being at odds against Time.  I am interested in music’s ability to change the quality of our attention so that we may experience relief and fulfillment from the passing of time. 

Lingering, like a sampled loop from a record, extends and amplifies sensation, creating new contexts and ways of relating. Lingering sculpts the space for dilated feeling, thinking and being. 

There’s a connection between lingering, porch swings and lullabies. Rudimentary lo-fi melodies paired with rocking gestures are some of our first reconciliations with temporal discomfort. Scientists have observed a phenomena known as Brainwave Entrainment which details how our brain waves synchronize to the rhythms of external periodic stimuli- be it music, bird songs, cradling or the movement of a swing. 

 This soundscape incorporates real time data of the swing’s acceleration to modulate various effects on sonic textures that  include field recordings from Cataract Falls trail in Marin County and a vinyl sample of Juanita Rogers’ ballad “I'm So Glad you Love Me” on Sun Ra’s  album “The Second Stop is Jupiter.”

~This instrument is dedicated to Linda Steele II, her powerful movement and warmth~ 

(Photography courtesy of Claire S. Burke for SOMArts, 2024. )