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24 Hour Incidental

This project is a collaboration with Peter Coffin.

24 Hour Incidental was originally built and installed for the Swiss Institute in Soho, Manhattan. This piece acts as an musical interface and installation within a gallery space.  Quite simply, it maps the interactions of the curators and gallery staff at their computers with that of the tonality created in the space.  As these staff members work at their computer, their keyboard input is transformed into musical phrases and sounds.

As common tasks and works are typed throughout the installation, various repeating phrases and melodies appear.  All of these happen at different rates and frequencies, based on the individuals preferences and speeds.

Built using a keyboard sniffing application combined with specialized software which speaks to a sound generator, this piece allows those in the gallery space the opportunity to connect the mundane, logistical, and managerial aspects of a gallery space with the experience of the space itself.