Improvised sound composition performed by Jacob Adler, Derek Drudge, Brendan Rincon and Jimmy Peggie – Phoenix, Arizona – 2022. Recorded by Derek Drudge. Film by Jimmy Peggie.
A Slow Exit
by Jimmy Peggie on June 26, 2022, no comments
by Jimmy Peggie on June 26, 2022, no comments
Improvised sound composition performed by Jacob Adler, Derek Drudge, Brendan Rincon and Jimmy Peggie – Phoenix, Arizona – 2022. Recorded by Derek Drudge. Film by Jimmy Peggie.
by Jimmy Peggie on June 3, 2022, no comments
nine fans is a film that represents the soundtrack of my current life. the sound is generated by a series of nine fans that operate somewhat continuously throughout my home in the phoenix, arizona area. fans are essential to keeping the air moving in a space where the weather is hot thus saving energy while keeping air conditioning costs down. these nine fans are in a varied state of repair and thus create many different sounds. I personally enjoy listening to fans and the interacting sound and repeating patterns that they create while reverberating throughout the space. a slight change in the angle of the head can completely change the harmonics and patterns. note that some fan footage may create a strobe like effect.
by Jimmy Peggie on May 22, 2022, no comments
Live performance at Paradise Valley Community College – recording by Derek Drudge – May 2022. Photo by Jimmy Peggie
by Jimmy Peggie on April 4, 2022, no comments
by Jimmy Peggie on February 15, 2022, no comments
by Jimmy Peggie on February 7, 2022, no comments
by Jimmy Peggie on January 26, 2022, no comments
Collaborative radio project in 5 sections by Anna Martí-Subirana and Jimmy Peggie
Through sound and narration, this piece attempts to convey the main societal repercussions of large scale mining in the state of Arizona, USA. The history of Arizona is intimately associated with mining activities, since the early days of Native American miners and the greedy, rugged Spanish and American prospectors to the big mining companies that currently operate throughout the state. As rich as its underground treasures, Arizona offers an above ground of cultures, languages, traditions and communities that more often than not, whether they want it or not, intersect at a common ground: the impact that mining has on their lives.
A Vantage Point (Intro)
1. A Separate Everything
The piece chronicles social hierarchies in mines. Hierarchies are constructed on prevalent ethnic and racial prejudices of the Southwest diverse populations: Native American, white Anglo Saxon, Mexican and Mexican-American
2. Convenient Stereotypes
The piece chronicles stereotypes commonly associated with miners and how they can be used to justify exploitation, insufficient safety measures and, in some occasions, to dilute, if not erase altogether, the consequences of fatal mine accidents
3. Supay’s Wrath
The piece chronicles the cultural roots of gender hierarchies, superstition, and stereotyping that rule the mining world
4. Preparation
The piece chronicles labor strikes in Arizona, how they have been neutralized, and how they have shaped mining communities and gender relations.
5. That Yellow River
Mining activities are largely responsible for water pollution. In Arizona, rural and Native American lands are rich in natural resources. This piece chronicles the impact of mining in the daily lives of such communities
Bios:
Anna Martí-Subirana was born and raised in Barcelona (Spain) and pursued studies in Molecular Biology and English & American Literature. She currently lives in Phoenix (Arizona), where she has been teaching Molecular Biology and Engineered and Bioengineered solutions to environmental pollution for the last twenty years. Anna is interested in experimenting, along with her students, with the power of storytelling and the audio-visual arts in creating awareness of environmental and societal issues that affect Arizona communities.
Jimmy Peggie is a sound artist based in Arizona – whose output is centered around the re-contextualization of organic sounds (location recordings, radio frequencies, decaying textures) and integrating them using electronic processing methods. His work is focused on a sense of place, natural processes, transience and imperfection.
by Jimmy Peggie on January 12, 2022, no comments
by Jimmy Peggie on December 31, 2021, no comments
by Jimmy Peggie on December 17, 2021, no comments
A sound/painting collaboration with artist Christine Cassano.
Paintings/drawings which use vibration as the medium and bronze forms as the painting tools. Created using electromagnetic frequencies (which are outwith the hearing range of humans) and recorded by Jimmy using speciality microphones converting into audible sound. The sound is processed and then applied to the surface and used to vibrate Christine’s paint-coated bronze forms to create paint patterns. Once dry, the paint marks become mapping points for hand-drawn hyper-connections which enable new forms to emerge.
“In essence, enlisting frequency as medium and through the transference of sound, turn the invisible into tangible form.” Christine Cassano
by Jimmy Peggie on December 3, 2021, no comments
Quiet Impermanence released today.
by Jimmy Peggie on November 20, 2021, no comments
by Jimmy Peggie on November 8, 2021, no comments
Will you accept the imperfect flow of life? Or will you fight it? Will you find peace in what is right here, right now?
Acceptance – yield and surrender to the imperfect flow of life.
by Jimmy Peggie on October 11, 2021, no comments
by Jimmy Peggie on October 4, 2021, no comments