Commute as Composition – Brian House’s Forty-eight to Sixteen

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Brian House – Forty-Eight to Sixteen

Brian House – Forty-Eight to Sixteen

Scat vocalist Cab Calloway once claimed that when he walked down eighth avenue, he "saw rhythms" rather than the cityscape or bustling sidewalk. This past summer, fellow New York City explorer Brian House prototyped an elaborate workflow for sonifying a variety of biometric data generated during his daily 12 km bicycle commute from Brooklyn to midtown Manhattan.

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