Sound Design & Installation

Each artist project that I work on has its specific set of considerations. For some it is the artist’s first work incorporating sound, and I am asked to execute their intent. Others have a long history incorporating sound and are trying to achieve the optimal sound in a far from perfect acoustical environment. Working one-on-one with each artist I work to understand both the piece and its environment. Important to each of these cases is considering an artist’s aesthetic sensibility. For example, the most appropriate execution of a work may not necessarily be "pleasing sound" - noise can be our friend! Employing many years of art installation experience along with the acoustical skills derived from building recording studios and designing and installing sound systems in museums, galleries, and theaters around the world, I work with the goal of respecting the particular conditions of each project.

Design of a soundproof recording booth, as well as all recording and editing of the monumental 5 week run of one of the artist’s most well-known ongoing works. The outcome of this live recording project will be used to create a 100 CD boxed edition.
Read more about the project and BSS in this Mix magazine feature article. Watch a video walking tour of the show

Audio post production, sound design, mix, installation consultation. Including creation of an original 6 hour ambient sound work for the rocket sculpture.

Sound system design and installation for 3 installations running simultaneously within the space.

Acoustical design of room treatment and suspended sound isolation walls, as well as sound system design and installation for several films being shown simultaneously and in close proximity.

Design of an eight-speaker surround-sound sitting room, as well as editing and restoring Louise Bourgeois's archival recordings.

Design of a system that allows each viewer that enters the gallery and steps onto a stage to "become" Judy Garland, as a sound recording of Liza Minelli singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" is triggered throughout the gallery space.

Other Cheim & Read projects have included Jack Pierson, Paul Morrison, William Eggleston, Andy Warhol, Paul McCarthy.

Sound system design and installation for some of the artist's most significant works.

Sound system design and installation for 12 person multimedia museum show.

Sound system design and installation for 40 person multimedia museum show.

International touring sound design for eight Foreman productions, working closely with the artist to help create and execute his unique sonic concepts in New York and variously sized venues throughout Europe and Asia.

Supervising construction of a 5000 sq ft audio post production studio including a certified Dolby surround-sound mix room, foley and voice-over recording rooms, and 10 office/editorial rooms. All rooms were acoustically designed, in collaboration with the studio owners Barbara Parks and Peter Levin, architect Michael Levin, and renowned consulting studio designer Chris Bowman of Walters-Storyk Design Group, to be proper listening environments utilizing maximum sound isolation techniques.