simply that, in its destruction finds its function but to hold it is what’s sufficient the electromagnetic spectrum condensed, becomes a laden sum of place and affect to you, archaeologist, all are ostraca, fragmented letters from a discarded accounting, an anonymity celebrated as the revelation of a voice but there is more in being lost, then found than the mundane named
notes on erosion (pt. 1)
the confluence of structure fluidity mired in existence a seepage of muck, crud; in it, no breathable space and I find that the desire of it burns as strong as the impossibility of it crushes and I find that the will of it strives as hard as the negation of it suppresses what I need is time what I think is time what I must have is duration, eras pass in soft rotations my life is spent spent again newly acquired state of currency the now of it is the death of it seek decomposition re-entry into this food chain of vegetal life sacred work expired time to turn the muck over where time is the fifth element allowing for the breaking avoiding conflagration new form rendered molecular to be taken in and up and held so close to the center/heart that it becomes that which holds it
I Remember Her
When I lived in Tucson, Arizona one of my favorite things to do was wander around the Tanque Verde Swap Meet. One of my best finds there were a series of Super 8 films made in the late 50s or early 60s, home movies depicting a couple’s lives in Japan and the Western United States (with a notable detour to some ice fishing perhaps in the North East). I compiled some of the films and made a soundtrack based on a piece I wrote in memory of a dear friend who passed. The film has a kind of dream-like melancholy that matched the memorial nature of the piece.
Ambient Artifact (Live)
Ambient Artifact is a soundscape project that records directly to tape, using the tape as a painter might use different media for textural and color saturation possibilities. On January 11th, 2021, I was asked to do a video and audio recording for a class on virtual presentations for CalArts by John Baffa. The session is a look at my process for the Ambient Artifact series, of course without the benefit of tape saturation. John’s playing with the color saturation helps get the feel of tape even if the capture is digital.