The piece was composed for a promotional video I also sound designed, promoting a wooden stair design and construction company; wooden instruments were chosen to reflect the company’s craft in the melody.
The ambient piece served as the musical introduction to a discussion titled My Body and I – Synchronic Image, Vision and Sound, featuring photographer Victoria Schultz, psychoanalyst Heikki Majava, and myself as sound explorer. Using two light-dependent resistors housed in handheld enclosures, I controlled the pitches by moving through light and shadow within the Laterna Magica gallery, where Victoria’s photos were exhibited.
The light-responsive audio device, connected to a laptop running modular sound software, transformed oscillator pitches into synthesizer control messages, blending textured and solo sounds to bridge visual and auditory media in the performance.
Poverty is in your handsWe all influence the flow of giving and sharing. When this flow breaks, those at the bottom suffer first.
Power lies with each of us. You should be free to use it as you wish. So why can’t we give from what we have? Is it because we feel too poor, are selfish, or barely survive ourselves?
Yet, so much is wasted. Those at the bottom often live off this waste. Balancing the flow means less waste, more giving, and a better life for all.
Poverty affects everyone, not just the poor. Its existence means we are all impoverished. The true wealth belongs to those who give.
This poster calls for action and reflects today’s harsh reality — but there is hope.
Visit the campaign website and, if you have Facebook, vote (like) this image in the competition album until August 31st.
I created an aggregate page compiling multiple ROV camera feeds from the Deepwater Horizon site, which became very popular during the peak of the rescue operations, providing easy access to live underwater footage for a wide audience.
The original accompanying text:
The duration of operations at the BP oil spill site is unknown, but live feeds from underwater ROVs working there were available and collected on a single page (now disabled as operations have ended).
You can save the page and open the HTML file locally for convenient offline viewing. Resizing the browser window requires refreshing the page to adjust player sizes accordingly.
Updates:
July 20: New feeds added
August 18: Inactive feeds removed
September 2: Feeds added
September 18: Feeds updated
November 5: Main operations ended; page taken down.