Forthcoming 2024 Release
soundscapes created in collaboration with theoretical biophysicist Adam Lamson
guitar by Frank Masciocchi
vocals by Jared Warren
vinyl production by KamranV of CyKiK using Phonocut
"A Guided Sublimation (Movements)” is an ethereal soundscape created by Brooklyn-based artist Laura Splan in collaboration with theoretical biophysicist Adam Lamson with accompanying guitar by Frank Masciocchi and vocals by Jared Warren. The soundscape was created with synthesized sonifications that were composed with MIDI conversions of sound waves that Adam Lamson generated from his computational simulations of molecular processes. Biotech lab instrumentation engineer and musician Frank Masciocchi created an electric guitar composition inspired by a symphonic structure with four movements. Heavy metal musician Jared Warren (Big Business, Melvins) contributed vocals that permeate select moments in the movements. A special version of the soundscape will be released as a limited-edition double LP in collaboration with arts technologist KamranV of CyKiK using Phonocut, a unique push button vinyl recording device he developed. The soundscape also accompanies "A Guided Sublimation", an immersive full dome planetarium experience that premiered at the Vanderbilt Museum along with narration inspired by guided meditation and planetarium scripts.
"A Guided Sublimation (Movements)” is an ethereal soundscape created by Brooklyn-based artist Laura Splan in collaboration with theoretical biophysicist Adam Lamson with accompanying guitar by Frank Masciocchi and vocals by Jared Warren. The soundscape was created with synthesized sonifications that were composed with MIDI conversions of sound waves that Adam Lamson generated from his computational simulations of molecular processes. Biotech lab instrumentation engineer and musician Frank Masciocchi created an electric guitar composition inspired by a symphonic structure with four movements. Heavy metal musician Jared Warren (Big Business, Melvins) contributed vocals that permeate select moments in the movements. A special version of the soundscape will be released as a limited-edition double LP in collaboration with arts technologist KamranV of CyKiK using Phonocut, a unique push button vinyl recording device he developed. The soundscape also accompanies "A Guided Sublimation", an immersive full dome planetarium experience that premiered at the Vanderbilt Museum along with narration inspired by guided meditation and planetarium scripts.
...biophysicist Adam Lamson is collaborating with artist Laura Splan in a project the two of them call ‘Sticky Settings’...From giant tapestries that present maps of DNA in colorful, tactile formats, to otherworldly animations set to music, their art invites a non-scientific audience to literally walk into the processes our own cells are undergoing every day...
This work was made possible by the Simons Foundation. Created in collaboration with Adam Lamson, Science Collaborator and theoretical biophysicist at Flatiron Institute, a division of the Simons Foundation.
Created while in residence as:
NEW INC Artist in Residence at EY at NEW INC, the New Museum's cultural incubator
Beall Center for Art +Technology at UC Irvine for the 2024 Getty’s PST: Art x Science series
A Guided Sublimation is made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature through the Media Arts Assistance Fund a regrant partnership of NYSCA and Wave Farm.
