Glistening Waves

2009
Four-channel video installation with stereo sound
06'02"

Footage of intermittent sunlight on cresting ocean waves is analyzed by custom-written video tracking software which detects the patterns of light on top of the waves. These points and their corresponding length and angle from an origin point change volume and filter parameters of audio recordings of a droning human voice. Also exhibited as a four-channel video installation, this piece explores the relationship between the natural world, data, and poetic images.

Created while the Van Lier Fellow at Harvestworks in New York City with the generous support of Hans Tammen and Zachary Seldess.