Noise in the clouds

Whilst notions or the philosophy of chaotic phenomenon has been explored extensively by artists, this work deals with chaos in a more literal way – as a mechanism or structure for generating the sound universe, notated score, compositional process, and musical structure. The electronic sound world featured on the laptop is derived specifically from chaotic oscillators which have been brought together in a unique software instrument that allows a laptop performer to navigate an abstract chaotic 2D space. The work is largely inspired by noise as a broader phenomena, and uses chaos as a means of exploring this context. The work features a fixed media component that includes samples of natural phenomena that reflect some of the imagery contained in the score