“unfortunately, when you live out here, all you see is the details”

sound film: 6 min
2020

UPenn: EnviroLab 2021

NEW MATERIALISMS IN MUSIC AND SOUND CONFERENCE 2021

AAA 2025 Ordinary Affects panel honoring the work of Kathleen Stewart  



Rural residents of West Texas and elsewhere endure the subtle effects of infrasound and shadow-flicker emitted by wind turbines, noting vertigo, nausea, nightmares, depression, tinnitus, insomnia and suicideation. 

A gap is created by the collective vulnerabilities of the subject and the doubt of its phenomenal referent— “it’s all in your head,” and “it’s just the wind” become refrains for a process of getting used to and getting over it.