Out Of Thin Air

Commissioned by More Art for City Hall park, Out Of Thin Air considers breathing in all its intimacy and enormity. The piece was made through a series of experimental sound workshops and is composed entirely of breath sound. 

Out Of Thin Air seeks to highlight the uses and abuses of air, and the shared sphere of air as our rightful and oft neglected commons. By employing the sounds of actual breathing as raw material, this work paints a portrait of the city today using the least visible and least tangible aspect of its residents. The final installation is a meshing together of sound and site into a multi-layered aesthetic experience. 

The piece is comprised of three vignettes with gaps of changing lengths between them. The silence in between is active as much as the parts that are full of sonic action. I hope to encourage the listener to tune into the sonic environment around them in a different way. To linger on the difference between hearing and listening and the effortless beauty and richness of sound.

For information on Out Of Thin Air’s programming and workshops click here