Friday, March 13, 2009

Pollinator Candy Smith submission

Boom Bloom contribution by Candy Smith from San Diego, California.

Candy Smith


Pollinator Tony Parde submission

Boom Bloom contribution by Tony Parde from Venice, California.

Tony Parde


Pollinator Jeff Palmer submission

Boom Bloom contribution by Jeff Palmer from Dallas, Texas.

Jeff Palmer


Pollinator Andy Glad submission

Boom Bloom contribution by Andy Glad from Las Vegas, Nevada.

Andy Glad


Pollinator Deanne Beck submission

Boom Bloom contribution by Deanne Beck from Oxnard, California.

Deanne Beck


Pollinator Donny Ellis submission no 2

Boom Bloom contribution no. 2 by Donny Ellis from White Fish, Montana.

Donny Ellis 2


Pollinator Donny Ellis submission

Boom Bloom contribution by Donny Ellis from White Fish, Montana.

Donny Ellis


Pollinator Joan Ryne submission

Boom Bloom contribution by Joan Ryne from Long Beach, California.

Joan Ryne


Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Pollinator Dick Cannon submission

Boom Bloom contribution by Dick Cannon from Brooklyn, New York.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Pollinator Ashcan submission

Boom Bloom contribution by Ashcan from San Francisco, CA.

Ashcan

Monday, March 9, 2009

Pollinator Dan Caan submission

Boom Bloom contribution by Dan Caan from Monterey, CA.

DINCAAN

Thursday, March 5, 2009

SKY exhibits at the NUS Arts Festival 09 (27 Feb to 15 March 09) University Cultural Centre, Singapore

Live feeds of Singaporean and Southern California skyscapes transmitted from urban and natural locations are projected and juxtaposed. The viewer is reminded that land and topography are physically fixed and locationally restricted; yet, landscapes constantly and fluidly relocate due to the earth’s rotation within space. On the other hand, the sky, though fixed, contains skyscapes that relocate within itself. The sky is the endpoint of most emanations such as sound and scent. It is the interface between cosmos and chaos and the point of connection between separated people(s).


Projection of SKY at University Cultural Centre (California on left, Singapore on right)


The suggestive calligraphics of clouds evoke responses that are as much personal figurations as they are literal perceptions. In response, doilies, arch-americana and decorative artifacts of bourgeois interior -design -scapes, are arranged into the Chinese ideogram representing sky, creating a bridge between distant cultures, landscapes and histories as well threading lives, both urban and natural.


SKY at daytime


Singapore/California sunset


Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Oral Southern California Mountains Sample 2

Oral Southern California Mountains Sample 2

Pollinator Guidelines

Oral Southern California Mountains Sample 1

Oral Southern California Mountains Sample 1

Pollinator Guidelines

Oral Southern California Inland Sample 2

Oral Southern California Inland Sample 2

Pollinator Guidelines

Oral Southern California Inland Sample 1

Oral Southern California Inland Sample 1

Pollinator Guidelines


Oral Southern California Coastal Sample 2

Oral Southern California Coastal Sample 2

Pollinator Guidelines

Oral Southern California Coastal Sample 1

Oral Southern California Coastal Sample 1

Pollinator Guidelines

Percussive Southern California Mountains Sample 2

Percussive Southern California Mountains Sample 2

Pollinator Guidelines



Percussive Southern California Mountains Sample 1

Percussive Southern California Mountains Sample 1

Pollinator Guidelines

Percussive Southern California Inland Sample 2

Percussive Southern California Inland Sample 2

Pollinator Guidelines

Percussive Southern California Inland Sample 1

Percussive Southern California Inland Sample 1

Pollinator Guidelines

Percussive Southern California Coastal Sample 2

Percussive Southern California Coastal Sample 2

Pollinator Guidelines

Percussive Southern California Coastal Sample 1

Percussive Southern California Coastal Sample 1

Pollinator Guidelines

Fricative Southern California Mountains Sample 2

Fricative Southern California Mountains Sample 2

Pollinator Guidelines

Fricative Southern California Mountains Sample 1

Fricative Southern California Mountains Sample 1

Pollinator Guidelines

Fricative Southern California Inland Sample 2

Fricative Southern California Inland Sample 2

Pollinator Guidelines

Fricative Southern California Inland Sample 1

Fricative Southern California Inland Sample 1

Pollinator Guidelines

Fricative Southern California Coastal Sample 2

Fricative Southern California Coastal Sample 2

Pollinator Guidelines

Fricative Southern California Coastal Sample 1

Fricative Southern California Coastal Sample 1

Pollinator Guidelines

Indistinct Southern California Mountains Sample 2

Propulsive Southern California Mountains Sample 2

Pollinator Guidelines

Indistinct Southern California Mountains Sample 1

Indistinct Southern California Mountains Sample 1

Pollinator Guidelines

Indistinct Southern California Inland Sample 3

Indistinct Southern California Inland Sample 3

Pollinator Guidelines


Indistinct Southern California Inland Sample 2

Indistinct Southern California Inland Sample 2

Pollinator Guidelines

Indistinct Southern California Inland Sample 1

Indistinct Southern California Inland Sample 1



Pollinator Guidelines

Indistinct Southern California Coastal Sample 2

Indistinct Southern California Coastal Sample 2

Pollinator Guidelines

Indistinct Southern California Coastal Sample 1

Indistinct Southern California Coastal Sample 1

Pollinator Guidelines

Expulsive Southern California Mountains Sample 2

Expulsive Southern California Mountains Sample 2

Pollinator Guidelines

Expulsive Southern California Mountains Sample 1

Expulsive Southern California Mountains Sample 1

Pollinator Guidelines

Expulsive Southern California Inland Sample 2

Expulsive Southern California Inland Sample 2

Pollinator Guidelines

Expulsive Southern California Inland Sample 1

Expulsive Southern California Inland Sample 1

Pollinator Guidelines

Expulsive Southern California Coastal Sample 2

Expulsive Southern California Coastal Sample 2

Pollinator Guidelines

Expulsive Southern California Coastal Sample 1

Expulsive Southern California Coastal Sample 1

Pollinator Guidelines

Propulsive Southern California Mountains Sample 2

Propulsive Southern California Mountains Sample 2

Pollinator Guidelines

Propulsive Southern California Mountains Sample 1

Propulsive Southern California Mountains Sample 1

Pollinator Guidelines

Propulsive Southern California Inland Sample 2

Propulsive Southern California Inland Sample 2

Pollinator Guidelines

Propulsive Southern California Inland Sample 1

Propulsive Southern California Inland Sample 1

Pollinator Guidelines

Propulsive Southern California Coastal Sample 2

Propulsive Southern California Coastal Sample 2

Pollinator Guidelines

Propulsive Southern California Coastal Sample 1

Propulsive Southern California Coastal Sample 1

pollinator guidelines

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Sound Gardeners and Pollinators

Welcome to Sonverbatory!

Sound Gardener responsibilities are as follows:
  1. Add initial bloomscape to Boom Blooms (see links to mp3s below.)
  2. Operation and upkeep of the Boom Blooms. This entails starting the players in the morning, stopping the players in the evening, changing batteries, replacing mp3 players if they malfunction etc...
  3. Pollinator submission management. Each submission should be auditioned to insure that it meets the guidelines below. One submission should be added to no more that six Boom Blooms. The submission mp3s should be added to each Boom Bloom's initial bloomscape. The hope is that, eventually, each bloomscape will grow to several hours of audio.

Pollinator Guidelines (Sound Gardener is free to pollinate as well):
MLuM will post audio samples [by sound category, refer below] on the blog, as a podcast. Students and artists are invited to download and manipulate the samples and then send them back to be added to the Boom Blooms (they may also incorporate sounds gathered from field recordings.) The samples can either be downloaded using the links on the blog, or by subscribing to the podcast using programs such as iTunes or Google Reader. Use the following link to subscribe: http://SonVerbatory.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Pollinators are permitted, for purposes of hybidization, to mix categories.

When submitting processed sound samples, please follow the guidelines below:

Audio is to be harmonious and low-grade.

Treat the stereo channels as two independent mono channels.
The right speaker will be located in the bloom and the left speaker in
the pot.

Render the files in mp3-128kb/s format (length between one and ten
minutes.)

File may be delivered via email using a service such as
yousendit.com. (mp3s sent as attachments will not be accepted)
Contributors may also email us links to their audio files.
Email: sonvervatory@mlum.com



Propulsive, Expulsive, Indistinct, Fricative, Percussive, Oral


Links to initial bloomscapes
One mp3 per Boom Bloom.
Boom Bloom 1 (propulsive)

Happy sound planting!
MLuM