7 Sounds
2021 | Creative advisement and production
Dir. Sam Green, JD Samson
Audio. Headspace Studios
Prod. The Department of Motion Pictures, Vrai Pictures
Off. sel. Sundance Film Festival, SXSW
An immersive live-streamed audio-video work exploring the universal influence of sound, weaving seven specific audio recordings into a meditation on the power of sound to bend time, cross borders, and profoundly shape our perception.
“Reporters often look to festival lineups to find stories that might work as metaphors or trends; this year, the most appropriate opportunity came from [Sundance’s] New Frontier...Green offers eloquent observations on the need to listen to the world to forge a deeper connection, particularly in times of profound isolation.”
- Eric Kohn for IndieWire︎︎︎
Traverse Immersive Audio Platform
Live demo at SXSW ︎︎︎2019 | Dir. Jessica Brillhart
Dev. Superbright
Audio. Antfood, Mach 1
Prod. Bose, Vrai Pictures
Collab. Bose, Elvis Presley Enterprises, Authentic Brands Group, Sony Legacy, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Sony Classical, Yo-Yo Ma, Sound Posting, Sougwen Chung, Gadi Sassoon, Phi Centre, Nokia Bell Labs, Ninja Tune
Off. sel. SXSW, Tribeca Film Festival, Sonar+D
Traverse is a platform for free-roaming spatial audio experiences. Using a mobile device and audio-driven AR technology, each Traverse experience takes an audio recording and makes it something you can physically move through. You can explore a sound field as you like. You can hear things from another perspective. You can walk towards or away from the singer, or the drummer, or the audio engineer. You can witness a mix morph and change around you as you move through it. You can go back in time or travel into another dimension. All this happens through powerful immersive audio – and from the comfort of wherever you are. Welcome to the next steps in listening.
Winner of the Special Jury Prize for “Future of Experience” at SXSW and part of Bose AR’s early developer program.
“Forget VR headsets: The next frontier for immersive storytelling may be your headphones.”
- Janko Roettgers for Variety ︎︎︎
“When I hit play, I was surrounded by the opening guitar riff of ‘Suspicious Minds’ and, almost immediately, took a step back as I heard Elvis belting vocals right in front of me. As I walked around, it was almost like I was moving among the ghosts of Elvis and his crew -- if I really wanted to focus on the drums or horns, I just had to move left or right. And when I turned around, every bit of the song moved with me.”
- Devindra Hardawar for Endgadget ︎︎︎
Beethoven’s Fifth
2017 | Dir. Jessica Brillhart
Prod. Lauren Simpson, Luke Ritchie, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Audio. Luke Allen, Silversound
Exec. Prod. Google
Collab. Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philarmonia in London, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA Ames, Don Gurnett, Ann Druyan, Arts Council England, British Underground, Subpac, Bose
Off. sel. Sheffield DocFest, Raindance (Winner), Geneva International Film Festival, SXSW
Journey into interstellar space with a performance of “Beethoven’s Fifth, First Movement” by the Philharmonia Orchestra, London, featuring conductor, Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Part of the 40th Anniversary Celebration for NASA’s Voyager space program and the Golden Record project.
Future of Storytelling “The New Storytellers” Interview︎︎︎
Beethoven’s Fifth at the Phi Centre︎︎︎
World Tour
2015 | Dir. Jessica Brillhart
Prod. Nick Kadner
Exec. Prod. Google
A journey through the vast experiences of our world.
Locations:
Heiðmörk, Iceland
Svínafellsjökull Glacier
Senkōji Ropeway, Onomichi, Japan
Auðsholtshjáleiga Horse Farm
Arecibo Observatory
Dominos Playing Area, Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Ōkunoshima, Japan
Heiwa Motorcycles, Hiroshima, Japan Gunnuhver Geyser
Jökulsárlón, Iceland