LOW GRADE
Sound composition with visuals 12’39”
(Low Grade can be found on Mine Songs: Sounding an Altered Landscape album)
As the environmental noise floor continues to rise and seek quiet with noise-canceling/noise-obscuring technologies, what effect do these responses have on our observance of our environs? By drawing attention to musical properties in the sounds of our surroundings, LOW GRADE asks if tuning our ears attentively to that which is around us can help us live more fully within the complexities of our histories.
Composed of field recordings from around the Mesabi Iron Range and in the shipping port of Duluth and supported with violin.
