Ecosystemic Sound and Light

A large body of Scott’s work as a composer and sound artist involves ecosystemic programming, an approach to treating a performance space as a sonic ecosystem. In this environment, sound that is produced or processed by the computer is responding in simple or complex ways to the behavior of all sound in the environment. Using Kyma, he programs individual sound objects to seek a balance of existence. New interest in “auto-destructive art” involves programming ecosystems that eventually collapse under their own lack of balance or willingness to compromise.

During a residency at the Montalvo Arts Center in September/October 2015, Scott experimented with controlling lighting using the same procedures. He followed these experiments with a Hinge Artists Residency in Fergus Falls, MN, where he created and presented Balancing Act. This was a 2 1/2 hour performance by Fifth Column; lighting colors and intensity functioned as the score.