Green by Shawn Decker There was a nice story this morning about the sound art show at MMAA, including interviews with a couple of the artists. They've also put up a nice web page about the exhibition, where you can hear the story and see images of some of the works in the show.

I am trying to make interesting things to go in our front window, thinking about light and inputs and outputs. We're going to be working on an installation with teens later in the summer around these themes, and so I'm brainstorming for that. Trying out the light... she's standing on the big mat switch. I made this pretty fast. It's just a motor (the red lego kind), taped to the top of an overhead projector. I attached a piece of boxboard to the motor, and punched different size holes in it.

Artist Jessica Rylan made an interesting sound installation that features two types of bird sounds. Here's how she describes how she made the sounds: I did it by modulating the supply voltage, a popular circuit-bending trick. One bird chirps more frequently, sometimes sounding like a seagull. The other bird sings less frequently, but it has a long graceful warble like something that likes to stay hidden deep in the forest.