Water is of course much heavier than air or even no-air, but that doesn’t alter the fact that beneath this Sea of Curves is unveiled a world of utter weightlessness and suspended time.
Jeff Talman has previously swept up the sound of the glittering night sky and now he plumbs more proximate but equally inaccessible depths. Water is of course much heavier than air or even no-air, but that doesn’t alter the fact that beneath this Sea of Curves is unveiled a world of utter weightlessness and suspended time.
This uncommon ambiance is created by blending “principle frequencies” of ocean waves recorded at various depths and locations, including the mid-Atlantic, Newfoundland and Coney Island. Talman, working together with Matt Fowler and James Traer of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, also emulsifies the so-called “hum of the Earth,” said to be the worldwide impact of ocean sonics on the sea floor ringing our world like a bell.
High concept but humanly sensitive, at only forty-four minutes, it is far too short. On the surface so very straightforward but in fact so elegantly complex and composed, it should go on forever, which of course, it does, but without us being able to pay it attention. Talman’s science continues to show us just what a work of art is our world.
Sea of Curves is available on New Domain.
