Interiors 2002

Doug Aitken, Interiors, 2002, three-channel video (color, sound), eleven screens, 3 projection screens and 8 translucent silkscreen dividers. Fractional and promised gift of Julia Stoschek. Produced in collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia © 2009 Doug Aitken

As a part of my ongoing collaboration with artist Doug Aitken, I created the soundtrack for this dramatic installation that follows the lives of four characters: a tap dancer, an auctioneer, a handball player, and a rapper. I developed music to match the tempos of the visuals in each scene, and sequenced the more organic parts of the instrumentation to fit with the sounds. Three separate stereo music and sound mixes slowly fall in time with one another at certain key moments in the video. As the piece progresses, the onscreen world of each character is more intertwined and in sync one with the other. This is reflected through the sounds and music as well, culminating in an intense crescendo and then falling quiet, only to begin again. Read more about my approach to creating the soundtrack in this Tape Op interview.