Photo courtesy of Dan Addison / UVA Public Affairs
Brendan Fitgerald, a writer for Charlottesville’s weekly Arts/News/Events magazine, wrote a review of Solera for their Nov. 3 – 9 issue. You can read it online at their website:
C-Ville: Feedback Column – Peter Traub’s sound sculpture is something to shout about.
Solera is now down. It ran very well (minus a few bugs that have since been worked out). I’m now on to other projects using the same gear, but am planning to install Solera again in the not-too-distant future, and hopefully in a very public space. I will likely make some changes for the next install based on what I learned from this one – primarily in how Solera encourages participation from the public.
Solera is a new installation (and part of my dissertation) that I will premiere in the main lobby space of Ruffin Hall at the University of Virginia on October 26, 2009 – it will run there for two weeks, 24 hours a day. Solera will spend each day accumulating and playing back the sonic activities and characteristics of the installation space – people passing through, conversations, machines, and music. Over the two weeks of the installation, the incidental sounds of each day and the acoustic resonances of the space will be layered upon each other, creating an aural memory of the space that will grow and change over time. Multiple visits to the piece are suggested.
ground loops, my 2005 piece for solo percussion and internet feedback will be performed at the