I am constantly fascinated by contrasting physical space with music and sound— it’s an emotional goldmine. THE WALK is my first sketch with location-based audio. Its an app that combines your location, about 30 layers of music and 9 monologs. Based on the feelings surrounding my usual daily 20 minute walk, it transports the listener’s interior world, while activating our physical reality in direct contrast.
It’s available now, for free: find out more about The Walk on this page.
The Very Worst Thing That Could Possibly Happen is the latest audio drama written and directed by Alex Kemp.
Raul's life in Hong Kong is thrown into chaos when he discovers he can write letters to his favorite author, Sara Cloutier - an author who's been dead for thirty years.
Guided by mysterious forces, they set out to meet in "the middle," in a profound and life-changing attempt to find love and meaning in a broken world.
This show won Best Audio Fiction at The Tribeca Festival 2023 and is nominated for 5 AMBIES including Podcast of the Year at the 2024 Ambie Awards.
Charlie and Amber suffer from a rare condition that causes them to hallucinate wildly, but when their psychiatrist goes missing, they team up with the other patients to find him. As the mystery unfolds, they uncover secret societies, an unknown borough of New York hidden under the East River, and half-human half-spider centaur things.
But how do you find the truth when you can’t tell what’s real?
THE IMPERFECTION is a narrative audio drama written and directed by Alex Kemp, and recorded at Wolf at the Door Studios in Venice CA. It was an Official Selection at Tribeca Festival, and was nominated for Podcast of the Year and Best Script Writing at The Ambies. He’s currently working on a TV adaptation with Atomic Monster and WIIP.
I’ve been taking photographs of miniature chairs with jackets on their backs. And also small buildings. Click on the image to see some of images from the series.
GOVERN was my first experiment with early computer language model based translations. This project specifically uses pre-AI translation software.
I took the poem HOWL by Allen Ginsberg and translated the original in Russian, then took the Russian version and translated that back into English. Then I repeated the process with 10 other languages- Chinese, Punjab, Tamil, Italian, Farsi, etc.
Then, line by line, I wove together a new version of the poem- informed by the clumsy translations and quirks of misunderstood intentions. The result is poem that is not the original, nor is it a translation- its removal from the human hand and ego is like the chimney still standing of a house that’s been burned to the ground. Its the essence of the thing, seen in a new light, with a new kind of poetry to it.
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