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BOOKSTORE

This is the second installation in a series of pieces dealing with the placement of processed field recordings in an uncontrolled sonic environment. The first installation at Horgan House in Middletown, Connecticut consisted of processed sounds of the outdoors, being broadcasted outside at the same location at which they were recorded. For Bookstore, I recorded sounds at two different bookstores in Brooklyn, New York. One of the bookstores was an independent community bookstore, while the other store was a Barnes and Noble. For the installation at Myopic, I have placed the sounds from each of the stores at opposite ends of the space in order to create the maximum distinction between the two.

The recordings are processed with a program that separates the full amplitude spectrum into thin bandwidths and selects how many of those bandwidths will be heard at any given moment. I feel that the pacing and development of both recordings somehow reflects each of the store’s unique relationship to commerce.

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