May 18, 2004
Turbulence Commission: "45 Seconds" by Harris Skibell with Shaque
http://turbulence.org/works/Skibell/45seconds
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"45 Seconds" is a collection of discrete, explicitly timed experiences
or happenings, each with a clear beginning and endpoint, presented in an
interface with video, graphics and sound. It explores the perception of
time duration and attention in chunked, timed and labeled experience.

Sound drives the interface and organization of the piece. A quantized or
metric sound grid, based on the "ticking off" of the duration of each
event, is embedded in all interactions with the piece and superimposed
on each video.

Both video and sound were recorded in New York City.

"45 Seconds" is a 2004 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.
(aka Ether-Ore) for its Turbulence web site. It was made possible with
funding from The Greenwall Foundation.

BIOGRAPHY

Harris Skibell is a composer and digital designer. His concert and radio
works have been performed at venues such as Roulette, New Music America,
the Whitney Museum, CBGB Gallery 313, and the National Public Radio
system. Skibell is principal of product msd (www.productmsd.com), a New
York City-based music company, which creates noise of all kinds for
television, web, film and art projects. Recent projects include music
for a Flash-based presentation for sbi.razorfish, music for the
documentary "William Blake: Inspiration and Vision" and the original
audio design for the site installation "Cherry Blossom" by Antenna
Design NY. He helped found Turbulence with Helen Thorington.

Skibell has been composer-in-residence at the Columbia University
Computer Music Studios, The Center for Computer Music at Brooklyn
College, and at Studio PASS in New York City. He holds a B.A. in English
from Boston University and a Masters of Music in Composition from the
University of Texas at Austin.

For more information about Turbulence, please visit http://turbulence.org