Recycled Linoleum

​The sonic material for Recycled Linoleum was generated using a data sonification method which converts image, text, and video into sonic material. In this case, much of the raw audio was the result of the sonification of a PDF of document of an old Pro Tools manual. This unconventional use of and conversion of media resulted in extremely harsh, digital, yet surprisingly rhythmic results. Hours of material was generated by this process. The majority of the material resulted in unusable white noise. Sporadically distributed within this vast amount of sonic information were short moments of incredibly rhythmically and timbrally interesting sonic events. These events were used as the motivic figures to create the piece. The aesthetic goal of the piece is to create a stark, harsh, sterile, sonic experience. The visual component was created to reflect and emphasize this aesthetic.

​The 3D material for the video was procedurally generated using custom software developed in Houdini and assembled using Premier Pro. Here, organic motion was juxtaposed with synthetic mechanical imagery. ​​