From 2017-2019 I embarked on a project to discover the mysteries of peat bogs. Visiting 8 bogs around the world, interviewing locals (with the help of lifelong friend and journalist Beatrice Aldrich), collecting field recordings and data, I discovered the many environmental issues, cultural histories, stories, and magic of bogs.
Impact
✔️ 1,000+ hours of recordings distilled into a spatial audio installation and podcast
✔️ Featured on Wired.com, Hyperallergic and Public Broadcasting of Latvia
✔️ Lectures given at RIXC Un/Green: Naturally Artificial Intelligences Conference in Riga, Latvia, Jane D. Marsching's Sustainability Studio at Mass Art Boston, and Cleveland Institute of Art Lunch on Friday series.
✔️ Designed and shipped 100+ copies of 44,320 printed book and travel guide|
✔️ Designed and shipped 44320.xyz, a digital audio experience
✔️ Featured artist presented audio installation at acclaimed Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS Moca)
✔️ Featured at Boston Sculptors Gallery and SoWa artists gallery
✔️ Permanently installed at Worthington Yards in Cleveland, OH
Click here to listen to 44,320, a podcast story of 8 bogs and their histories
64 scans of a single sod of peat—a material found in bogs with many uses such as fuel, preservation, medicine, and even sacrifice
Lullymore Peatlands on the Bog of Allen, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Audio installation of 44,320, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA
