Filmed at various locations around New Mexico, this video documents my explorations with the EAR1 (Earth Aural Rover) Remote Stations. These sculptures are titled (in order of appearance) The Remote Navigational Sextet, Remote Station Violin, and Remote Rain Gauge Rhythmometer. Each sculpture is inspired by scientific instruments and reveals a unique sound from the respective places I explore. There is no sound effect treatment in this video. These recordings are defined by the material of which the art objects are constructed, the environmental elements in flux, and my own creative and exploratory decisions.

The portal, as represented here with the fisheye photography and rendered by a low-tech plastic Lomography camera, is a metaphor for perception. It is akin to the “Overview Effect”, the experience NASA astronauts have when they peer through their portals to the wonderment of space and see earth. Almost all space explorers reveal that, as they look through their spaceship’s portals at earth, they experience a moment of singularity – an insightful feeling that everything and everyone is connected. They often state that they come to the clear realization that earth is an oasis, small, and fragile in the infinite space of the universe.