Early sound works

sound interventions, 2006-2009

From 2006 to 2011 I experimented with sound interventions, which I executed in a few different venues. I then worked with two types of sound: laugh tracks, the type heard on comedy sitcoms, and crowd murmur, the type heard on food courts and medium to large gatherings. I was interested in the extent to which sound affects our perception of space.

For the laugh track project, I created a track composed mostly of silence, with waves of group laughter every 15 seconds; this track played on concealed speakers, within gallery and museum spaces.

For the invisible crowd project, I created a track with the continuous murmur of a crowd, and played it on concealed speakers in eerie places - such as the art museum.

In 2007, as part of a public program of urban intervention in Vitória, Brazil, I took the laugh tracks out to the streets. The image above shows Sueli and her sound bike. She offered affordable advertising services: for an hourly fee, she biked around downtown Vitória while playing the client’s track on her speakers. I hired her to play my laugh tracks for one afternoon.

Exhibitions

2017
Sonic Arcade: Shaping Space with Sound. Radio broadcast and museum installation at the Museum of Arts and Design in NYC,

2013
Radius Experimental Radio, Episode 43. Juried radio broadcast of sound art. Broadcasted in the Chicago area.

2009
Suitcase. A group exhibition at the ARC Gallery in Chicago, USA.

2008
Suitcase. A group exhibition at Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.
11o Salão de Artes de Itajaí. A juried, group exhibition at the Itajaí City Hall, Brazil.

2007
37ª Coletiva de Artistas de Joinville. A juried, group exhibition by the Joinville Art Museum, Brazil.
MultipliCIDADE. A juried, group exhibition of urban intervention organized by the Entretantos Collective in Vitória, Brazil.