a long breath (2021)

Commissioned sound installation for Friends of Congress Square Park 



A Long Breath is an acoustic sound installation involving several wind harps generating sound as they resonate with the wind. Through sound, the invisible and ephemeral elements of the wind and environment become palpable. The piece, installed in Congress Square Park in Portland, ME, invites listeners to engage in close listening to their environment in the heart of Portland’s city center. A Long Breath was created in the depths of the COVID-19 lockdown, and the installation in the town square allowed for a site of safe, communal listening. The name of the piece refers to the grueling experience of the pandemic and the long exhale that we all hoped would follow, drawing comparisons to the physiology of relief and the wind that instigates the piece.