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Study for Image​-​Event Ocean

by Susana López + Thomas Bey William Bailey

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NOTE - the video portion, which is meant to accompany the audio of course is available here: vimeo.com/133460121.

Stemming from my faith in the self-revealing power of constant audio tones, and from the respect both Susana and I share for Stanislav Lem's "Solaris", this first collaboration between us was both a simulation and a potential catalyst of unexpected internal narratives.

From a combination of personal experience and others' testimonials, we've come to realize that the complexity of the mind is paradoxically most evident when one tries to silence it. Rigorously focusing on a single sensory point of reference only seems to make the imagination expand beyond the boundaries it is already accustomed to. The compensatory mechanisms of our remaining senses spring into action when one of them is closed off or limited - as such, the phenomenon of a constant, unyielding audible tone can fertilize mental imagery and awaken otherwise dormant sensory modalities.

We've hoped to achieve - with this short film and with many similar projects - a simulation of this process for those who are not familiar with it, and a reminder of this potential for those who are. We intend to contrast a central audio "focus point" with a shifting, radiant, and perhaps incomprehensible sea of image-events to demonstrate how complementary, rather than contradictory, these different forms of sensory impression are.

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released May 25, 2020

Thomas Bey William Bailey: tone generators, digital editing
Susana Lopez: video composition and editing

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Thomas Bey William Bailey is a researcher and author of several books (e.g. "To Hear The World With New Eyes," "Micro Bionic," "Sonic Phantoms") as well as a dedicated sound artist and editor of the Fifteen Minutes of Anonymity label.

His work explores issues of unstable identity, post-industrial technology, and the hidden wonders at the edges of perception. ... more

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