Great Smoky Mountains Artist in Residence (2018)

In August 2018, I was selected to be an Artist in Residence for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Gatlinburg, Tennessee.  In addition to traveling around the park and collecting natural sounds with my recording device, I interacted with visitors and tuned them in to the natural soundscape of the park. 

Rocky Top

I created a music video for the classic Tennessee song “Rocky Top” across multiple locations in the park.

The Aftermath

This is my collaboration with the artist Alyssa Coffin. See the full project here.

Nature Beats

Using the computer program Max/MSP, I have created a "patch" (custom piece of software) that allows me to use the sounds I have captured in the Smokies as a beat generator.  Below is an example of me using the software.

Below are some "Nature Beats" that some young visitors to the park created themselves  during a visitor engagement at the Oconaluftee Visitor Center on August 11th, 2018 and at the Sugarlands Visitor Center on August 18th, 2018.