I’ve always had a strange relationship with birds (Or, why I never wanted to be a scientist)
Sound collage (across two parts) for ArtSpeak Radio Digest – Summer, 2020 – Vancouver Co-op Radio, 100.5FM
I was invited by Artspeak to create two new sound works for Artspeak Radio Digest – an expanded approach to their publishing program.
Birds appear in my work a lot. They’re often looming overhead. Generally, they’re flat, two-dimensional, and only visible from one plane. Once, at an artist talk, someone asked me about the birds that appear in my work — I answered something about how I have a bit of a strange relationship with them – I remember people laughing at that. But, I didn’t mean it as a joke.
Sound Sources & Resources Included [in no particular order]:
Field recordings – captured in Edmonton throughout June and July, 2020
Bird song identifier – https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/bird-songs/what-bird-is-that/
Bird Sounds – https://www.bird-sounds.net
North America has lost 3 billion birds since 1970 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQdG8O4ObSw
North America has lost 3 billion birds since 1970 [text] – https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/bird-population-decline-1.5288454
Identifying Birds in your own Backyard- WONDERFUL FOOTAGE of Over 50 types of birds – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9-p-VFuUT0
Amazing! Bird Sounds From The Lyre Bird – David Attenborough – BBC Wildlife – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y
A third of birds in North America threatened with extinction – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEpCwSn-Nis
How to Attract Birds to Your Garden-Tutorial – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH0425VzERs
15 BIRDS and BIRD SONGS for BEGINNERS – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHnzqKfxSQw
Carl Sagan – Cosmos – Traveling – Speed of Light – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPoGVP-wZv8
Mallard duck CallSongSound – ChirpingSinging Birds – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGosF4rV6Bc
Duck Sounds – Curious ducks talking – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDgGMInTqTo
SoundWavesAn_edit – https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=SoundWavesAn_edit
The Birds That Have Lived for 44 Million Years Africa BBC – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTT8Lxjh0Cg
Drone program used to track protesters in Minneapolis l ABC News – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ3fU2pFGE8
Meet The Smallest Bird On Earth – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRw3zaV5ynE
Hummingbird in a Rain Storm Hostile Planet – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me3U7adrQOY
Carl Sagan Explains the Doppler Effect -1980-.mp4 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igl_lSlP9u4
0589_How_the_Ear_Functions_E00455_05_48_11_00 –
https://ia800902.us.archive.org/0/items/0589_How_the_Ear_Functions_E00455_05_48_11_00/0589_How_the_Ear_Functions_E00455_05_48_11_00.m4v
Whose line – What are you trying to say – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2uD81BD8OI
These New Drones Could Revolutionize Surveillance – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NogVSeXNOWs
NASCAR doesn-t like the Doppler effect – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0yy97brmB0
Hummingbirds Jewelled Messengers w Sir David Attenborough – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI41xRQiNNI
Drone security system watches over home from above – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrRGMvdq5q0
Armed drones coming to Canadian military – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owo-xNzInSA
Is Canada ready for armed drones – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jjr_X0TsRU
The Language of Birds – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X5WMu_oJnQ
I can-t believe what I-m hearing – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6xiUvyb-So
what are you trying to say – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2uD81BD8OI
How Does An Owl-s Hearing Work Super Powered Owls BBC – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SI73-Ka51E
List of recently extinct bird species – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recently_extinct_bird_species
Cornell Lab of Ornithology – https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home/
Avibase Bird Checklist – https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org
Birds Canada – common birds in Edmonton
https://www.bsc-eoc.org/apps/checklist/checklist.jsp?lang=EN®ion=CAab11®ionName=Edmonton%2C+Alberta&month=&week=&dt_day=1&dt_month=7&dt_year=2020
chris cooper bird watching video – https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/video/racist-park-encounter-chris-cooper-takes-us-birding-71290194