Thomas is a sound artist, sound recordist, and musician
based in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert on the
ancestral lands of the O’Odham, Piipaash,
the Yavapai-Apache Nation, and their ancestors.
An engaging, informative, and inspiring couple of days at the Friends of the Verde River hosted bi-annual conference in Camp Verde on the lands of the Yavapai-Apache Nation. I shared a poster and some field recordings from along the Verde and talked about how working with sound can be a powerful way to deep connection to space. LEARN MORE!!
Thanks to all who made Deep Time Resonance a wonderful, memorable experience. Special thanks to Adam Petty at SONAR AZ/Resonant Life Academy for sharing his space and Jimmy Peggie for curating and his stunning installation. An amazing group of artists to be with: Cyd Peroni, Sutton O’Neil, Mia Salazar, Jennifer Dam, and Irena Velickovic. And thank you to everyone who came to see the show; lingered, gazed, and listened in the spaces; and wondered together about deep time.
Very much looking forward to this installation event at @sonaraz_tempe in Tempe on September 12 and 13 that I’m participating in: “Deep Time Resonance," curated by Jimmy Peggie (@avantologist )
I’ll be sharing a sound composition - “Listening-with Sand." There will be a number of other terrific sound and visual artists:
Jennifer Dam @jenniferdamn
Sutton O’Neill @thatotherguysutton
Jimmy Peggie @avantologist
Cyd Peroni @prodigalcyd
Mia Salazar @miadoesthings
Irena Velickovic @irenavelickovic
Should be a fun, chill, evocative experience. Drop by for 10 minutes or sit and listen for hours. Reception Saturday.
As part of our participation in Audio Foundation’s “Unframed Signals” series, Evamarie Müller and I created a collaborative text that that both reflects on and enacts our “composting” approach as an artistic method and an ethical practice of listening- and creating-with others. The piece repurposes parts of our ongoing, two-year email exchange.
The work appears in AF’s Soundbleed Journal.
I’m super-excited to share that the latest iteration of the Compost X collaboration with Evamaria Müller is now out in the world as part of New Zealand’s Audio Foundation “Unframed Signals” broadcast series. The collection features four constructed soundscapes (including the original Compost X) and a fifth piece that uses voice and email-text to re-interpret our composting project. Working with Eva has been such a joy! And we’re so glad for the support from Audio Foundation for this work!
Very happy to see some field recordings done on the Verde near-ish to Tuzigoot National Monument find their way onto the recent edition of framework under my lazy_bird moniker. You can listen in at 28:54. Really great edition with contributions from Francisco Lopez and Manja Ristic, among many others. This is a program always worth listening-with.
By the way, this one had been added to the Verde Valley soundmap on Aporee Soundmaps.
A truly extraordinary week kayaking the wild and scenic section of the lower Verde River with the US Forest Service’s River Rangers. So much to say and, now, so much to listen to! I’ve written up a longer account of the experience.
I had an another inspired and inspiring week with Jana Winderen and an incredible group of artists and creative thinkers at CAMP’s “The River Garbet” workshop in the French Pyrenees in October. Thank you to Jana, CAMP, and all my new friends. Further fun was had in Vienna with Evamaria Mueller and in Berlin with Magda Buchczyk — friends from CAMP 2024.
Fun day tabling in support of the Sierra Club’s Water Sentinels program at Verde River Day in Cottonwood! Nice, steady flow of folks stopping by to talk—and pretty good weather too!
My recent letter to the editor published in the Verde Independent encouraging local support for the “wild and scenic” designation for the Upper Verde River. Click to read the letter.
