Sound image by Jack Kellogg
In 2017, the artist and filmmaker Chele Isaac mounted her 7-channel magnum opus, the understory, at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art in Madison, WI. As her long-time collaborating partner, she asked me to create the sound image for the 20-minute piece; I produced something that sits somewhere between music composition and sound design, offering my own sonic commentary to her amazing film.
Visually, the understory is intended to surround the viewer with seven large film "portals," all running together in sync and unified by the sound image. It is at times humorous and even tender, while at others mysterious and hallucinatory – it's like a fever dream that the earth has one night, processing all the events of the day.
The only real way to experience the understory is to be immersed within it, but on this page I am sharing links related to my contribution: you may listen to the sound image (no visuals) via Soundcloud or watch the video below, which provides a taste of what the original film installation at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art was like.
Sound image by Jack Kellogg
In 2017, the artist and filmmaker Chele Isaac mounted her 7-channel magnum opus, the understory, at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art in Madison, WI. As her long-time collaborating partner, she asked me to create the sound image for the 20-minute piece; I produced something that sits somewhere between music composition and sound design, offering my own sonic commentary to her amazing film.
Visually, the understory is intended to surround the viewer with seven large film "portals," all running together in sync and unified by the sound image. It is at times humorous and even tender, while at others mysterious and hallucinatory – it's like a fever dream that the earth has one night, processing all the events of the day.
The only real way to experience the understory is to be immersed within it, but on this page I am sharing links related to my contribution: you may listen to the sound image (no visuals) via Soundcloud or watch the video below, which provides a taste of what the original film installation at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art was like.