Imaginary Flocks of Lurie Garden

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Bill Parod

Bill Parod is a composer, improvising violinist, and spatial media artist whose work is inspired by the temporal and spatial behaviors of natural systems. He creates generative ecologies from field recordings, sonifications of gene expression through luminous harmonic tunings, and behavioral ensembles where instruments and recorded sound embody the qualities of living species. His work has been featured at IRCAM (Paris), the Jay Pritzker Pavilion (Chicago), Burning Man, and other international venues, and is available as mobile apps in the Apple App Store.

Imaginary flocks of midwestern birds gather in Lurie Garden. These imaginary flocks are formed from recordings of individual bird calls and custom performance software by Earful.be. Each Echo presents an audio capture of a different location in the 3D performance space spread virtually over Lurie Garden. These are captured in Ambisonic format for spatial listening here in Echoes.xyz. The illustrations are from paintings by Teresa Parod https://www.teresaparod.com.

For more information, visit https://www.earful.be.

Cardinals, Robins, and Redwings

Cardinals, robins, and redwings are prominent with woodpeckers in the background.

Cardinals, Crows, and Redwings

Cardinals, crows, and redwings are prominent with occasional woodpeckers in the distance.

Cardinals

Cardinals are very active here, with occasional redwings nearby.

Redwings, Robins, and Woodpeckers

Redwings are prominent with robins, then woodpeckers joining, and cardinals in the distance.

Robins, Woodpeckers, and Crows

Robins with woodpeckers and crows nearby, are away from other birds near the east edge of Lurie Garden.

Robins

Robins are prominent here with cardinals, woodpeckers, crows, and redwing blackbirds in the vicinity.

Woodpeckers

A Woodpecker duo is prominent here with cardinals, crows, and redwing blackbirds in the distance.

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