I was asked to create sound for a "Glass Bog Ecology" exhibition by Lindsay LeBlanc (USA). Lindsay has recreated a ecosystem in the huge gallery across 4 rooms. Her skill in working the glass into natural and floral forms is astounding. The floor is filled with coloured glass forms which form a true manmade ecology. An ecologist informed me at the opening that most bogs are in fact man-made eco systems, prehistoric humans having cut down forests to form them.

All the more fitting that I had chosen not to include any "field recordings" ("bog-recordings"). but rather shaped the sound of the bog with a Micro Korg synthesiser. The squelches, trickling streams, and bird sounds are all programmed synthetically by me. A slow flute sounds represents the interaction of humans with nature: who always should be thinking along a slower pace. And the 3rd element of the work is recordings I made of Lindsay working in the Sculpture Centre: cracking glass, flame torches, glass blowing, smashing, etc. A dangerous outing for my microphones!

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Exhibition is on till 23rd May 2026. Go and Look and Listen, after that I will make the sound available here.

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https://www.leitrimsculpturecentre.ie/whats-on/exhibitions/the-long-pause-ecology-of-ruins-i