airborne cognates

airborne cognates, the first of a series of loosely connected events; a dedication to birds and things that fly, ways of seeing, impossible equivalents, cognitive dissonance and consonance, outbound senses and inbound experience.

begins with the almost silent wailing of the wind upon the plains. the plains beckon still as time passes, or doesn't pass, or never went there at all. it goes from there, of course.

one pressing of 500 copies, individually numbered. available at www.chanceformation.com or in person at shows.

"There is an hour just at evening when the plains seem on the verge of saying something; they never do, or perhaps they do- eternally- though we don't understand it, or perhaps we do understand but what they say is as untranslatable as music...."

-jorge luis borges

Divine Light

Divine Light -June 16- July 1, 2007 DeLeon White Gallery 1139 College St. (West of Dufferin)

Divine Light is a 15-day musical composition, sonarium, and sound-installation which examines the dynamic synergies of the heavenly bodies and the sun. In a large room, 9 pairs of speakers play stereo files which are constantly looped as they are updated, altered, and mediated with new and/or previously gathered sonic materials. The length of each sound file corresponds in ratio to one year on each planet in our galaxy. The smallest file is 1 minute, the largest is 11 hrs. A discrete vibrational centre will be created, refracting and celebrating the Universe.

Divine light is a point of departure for journeys of the imagination. The work will offer drastically new ways of experiencing sound and music to physical and virtual visitors, who will be welcome at all times while Divine Light is in progress. Audio artifacts will be presented via the internet.

Divine Light is a totally unique way to experience sound and music. Or, it's a sonarium, an enclosed system of local sound events, creating unique oscillations, nodes, and antinodes- an inquiry into the synergistic, dynamic, seemingly closed yet interrelated systems of our Universe. An exploration (explosion) of the interface between listener (senses) and material (wave-discrete event). Or, it's a pure sonic experience- taking the Universe itself as a framework; allowing the infinite possibilities of the unknown, limited only by our imagination. Divine Light is an abstraction of the harmony of the spheres, a musical universe which contains an infinity of possibilities and interactions; a labyrinth. A fun and futuristic sound-sculpture which celebrates illumination and the human spirit.