Program Notes
Bottle Piece is a sound installation constructed during a residency at the I-Park Foundation. It features a speaker suspended in a five-gallon water jug. The only visible hole in the installation is the top of the bottle, which is too small for the speaker to fit through. I was inspired by the concept of a ship-in-a-bottle, in which seemingly impossibly large objects are placed or constructed inside a bottle.
During my time at the residency, the sights and sounds of local birds became the backdrop for my time away from the studio. These sounds inspired me not only to place the speaker object suspended from a tree, but also to attempt to imitate the sounds of local birds using analog circuits. Birds can be heard in the recording responding to the sounds from the installation.