My objective was to compose a piece inspired by a photograph taken by Experimedia's Jeremy Bible for a specially curated CD project titled For Photographs, for which invited sound artists were assigned a photograph and challenged to create a composition inspired by it. There was no obvious connection between my thoughts and the silhouetted trees or gently veiled sunset, but somehow the image reminded me of all the microscopic events that happen every second of every day; the ones that keep things going but are taken for granted. Even more stunning to me is the notion that these little 'sparks' will continue long after we have disappeared. For Photographs will be released in late 2010. Contributors include Lawrence English, Offthesky, Gareth Hardwick, Taiga Remains, Will Long, Yann Novak, Anduin, Autistici, Billy Gomberg, Stenbruchel, Shinobu Nemoto, Forrest and Mustache Mountain.

Nicholas Szczepanik