Alex Braidwood (Artist-in-Residence, 2019)

• Listening Beyond the Edge

  
  

  Starting with naturesounds recorded on Isle Royale, data from the wolves and moose research project is used to develop an audio composition from the collected sounds. Factors used for the sonification composition include the wolves and moose population counts along with other integral information such as kill rate, predation rate, and the annual formation of ice bridges – or lack thereof. The final composition is an investigation of a specific place through the seen, the heard, and the observed over time.

  Credit / Author:

  Alexander Braidwood

  Date created:

  03/13/2024

  Audio Transcript

  The sounds of birds, wind, and other wildlife recorded in the wilderness of Isle Royale National Park are intermeshed with the crashing of waves and the roar of water. There are no human words or sounds employed for the full duration of the recording.

 

Alex

About the Artist

Alex Braidwood was an Isle Royale Artist-in-Residence from August 2nd to August 17th, 2019. He is a sound artist, designer, and design educator who maintains a practice centered around a process of play, experimentation and research through making. He has been an artist in residence in an Australian National Park, on an Iowa farm, and at a mid-western biological field research station. He is on the board of directors for the Midwest Society of Acoustic Ecology and is Education Director of the Iowa chapter of AIGA. Alex is currently Associate Professor in the Graphic Design, Sustainable Design, and Human Computer Interaction programs at Iowa State University and is Director of the Artist-in-Residence program at the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory biological field research station.

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