The eventual breeding range (2024)

Excerpts from "The eventual breeding range", a sequence of 50 algorithmically processed and edited video pieces that runs for a total of 1h 52m 34s. I shot all the footage in the arboretums and neighborhoods of Northfield, MN. Thanks to Ramiro Polla's FFglitch tooling and Daz Disley's dd_GlitchAssist algorithms.

The work was presented as part of multimedia artist Jade Hoyer's Placeholding exhibition at Concordia College from Aug. 26 to Sept. 24, 2024, which dealt with themes of invasive versus native species. The title of each piece and of the overall work were derived algorithmically from Charles S. Elton's book The Ecology of Invasions by Animals and Plants from 1958.

I performed the music in this video with real-time digital audio software I developed with Csound and PyQt.

Planet of the Earth (2024)

A video piece I made for a concert organized by musician and composer Brian Johnson as part of a Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council grant. The piece premiered at the Hot Spot in Northfield, MN on July 10, 2024. These talented musicians improvised along with the video without having seen it before:

This is a rearranged and shortened version of the original piece.

Fun (2024)

A collaboration with my nieces and nephew. Shot on iPhone and moshed with my homebrew moshing system (with help from Ramiro Polla and his brilliant FFglitch). Music is "Crooks Like Children" by Fievel is Glauque.

Mosh (2024)

Experiments in datamoshing on the path to developing a real-time performance tool. Thanks to Ramiro Polla's FFglitch which I used and studied to better understand datamoshing techniques.

"mosh_kallie_annie_2024_4_15.mp4"
"mosh_kallie_average8_2024_4_15.mp4"
"mosh_kallie_horizontal11_2024_4_15.mp4"
"mosh_kallie_horizontal14_2024_4_15.mp4"
"mosh_output4_2024_4_15.mp4"
"mosh_helicopter_2024_5_24.mp4"

Anim (2024)

A program for real-time algorithmic and interactive animation of GIFs and videos. Thanks to GIFMOVIE for the amazing GIFs.

"anim_horizontal_2024_2_27.mp4"
"anim_transitions_2024_2_28.mp"
"anim_pan_skew_2024_3_20.mp4"
"anim_lake_2024_4_8.mp4"
"anim_molly_2024_4_10.mp4"
"anim_smear_2024_4_11.mp4"

Aya (2023)

Aya program interface

A real-time sampler and looper instrument controlled entirely by computer keyboard input. It's an extension of my "buffer" project, which itself was an extension of my Looper project below.

"aya_2023_11_9.mp3"
"aya_2023_11_11.mp3"
"aya_2023_12_7.mp3"
"aya_2023_12_15.mp3"

Buffer (2022)

An extension of the Looper project. Ported into pure Csound. Controlled entirely by computer keyboard input.

"buffer_2022_10_2.mp3"

Looper (2021)

A web-based looping and processing instrument built with Web Csound and p5.js. I perform an homage to Carl Stone.

318 (2020)

All tracks were entirely composed by algorithms. Quick summary: a grammar constructs the melodies and rhythms of each track and a rule system transforms these melodies and rhythms throughout the track.

Rhythmic Pattern Generator (2020)

Fell rhythmic pattern generator

An instrument for live rhythmic pattern generation inspired by the work of Mark Fell.

"hallen_fell_rhythm_2020_4_1_a.mp3"
"hallen_fell_rhythm_2020_4_1_e.mp3"
"hallen_fell_rhythm_2020_4_1_c.mp3"
"hallen_fell_rhythm_2020_4_1_b.mp3"

Necrotic Blanket (2011)

Written and performed by Battle Napkin, except "Hanky Panky Nohow" written by John Cale. Jason Hallen - guitar and vocals, Lindsay Baukert - bass, Oliver Moltaji - drums