This binaural recording is only effective when listened to on headphones.

The Pain Cycle: Iteration One is an experimental soundscape performance and practice-led research project fulfilling the practical requirement of my graduate thesis Of Sound Body: A Relational Theory of Sound Design as Non-normative Embodiment. The piece utilizes a custom control surface and an octophonic ring sound system. It blends found sound, pre-recorded granular synthesis, and live granular synthesis mixed in an immersive, spatialized performance inspired by my lived experience of chronic pain, body horror, and anti-ableism critique.

The Pain Cycle is an ongoing personal project meditating on my bodily presence and the iterative artform of a “cycle.” Iteration One was created alone in Melwood Studio (above) as an entrance into the work of The Pain Cycle pulling from themes and concepts I cover in my thesis, including the sound system as a tool of extended cognition.

Playback: Laptop, Ableton, Reason, iPad, TouchOSC, CoyoteMIDI
System: Focusrite Scarlett 18i20, 8 JBLMKII 308p, 1 JBL LSR310 Sub