Even though you can’t hear it, infrasound fills the air. And because the atmosphere doesn’t absorb it like regular sound, infrasound comes from hundreds, if not thousands, of miles away. If humans could perceive frequencies lower than 20 Hz, then changing ocean currents, wildfires, turbines, receding glaciers, industrial HVACs, superstorms, and other geophysical and anthropogenic sources from across the planet would be part of the quotidian soundscape of our lives, wherever we might be.

For "Everyday Infrasound in an Uncertain World," Brian House captured atmospheric infrasound using “Macrophones”—20ft diameter microphones—of his own design. Coming out under the legendary field recording label Gruenrekorder, the album features 24 hours of recording sped up by a factor of 60, raising the pitch by almost six octaves and making infrasound audible. The result is a largely unprecedented document that bears witness to this radically uncertain moment for the planet and our political failure to meet it.

For this event, House will talk about the background of the project and present a infrasound recordings custom mixed for the SPATIAL sound system. Guest performers TBD.