ALTA
Back in March of 2023, I was invited by Vanessa Kwan, curator of the Libby Leshgold Gallery at Emily Carr University of Art and Design to participate in a mini-residency, installation and performance series called Soft Launch. I decided to resurrect my ADRIFT project for the installation and create a new, generative piece called ALTA. Listen to a free, 40+ minute render of ALTA here on bandcamp.
ALTA was conceived as a generative, 4-channel piece of endless music. The render presented on bandcamp is in stereo - it can be thought of as a long-exposure capture of the otherwise continuous music from the installation.
Originally released in 2015 as a mobile application, and redesigned as a Max patch for the installation, ALTA/ADRIFT uses structured random selection, mixing and panning to weave together the sonic phrases and layers.
Along with the other pieces in the ADRIFT series, ALTA is named after an abandoned sea vessel. The MV Alta was abandoned at sea and set adrift in 2018 near Bermuda, eventually reaching the shores of Ireland in 2020 where she remains shipwrecked.
Thanks for listening,
-scott
So great to see this post Scott. And to see you here on Substack. I look forward to reading, and hearing more.
ALTA is so beautiful, Scott. Thank you for making it available.