dripping, creaking, flowing is a parafictional sound map of the McMurdo Ice Shelf in Antarctica. The map is a collaborative work with Antarctic hydrologist Grant Macdonald. It documents Grant's memory of a rapidly changing landscape through sounds recorded entirely in-studio. By using Foley techniques to imitate the sounds from Grant's memory, the project aims to point at the human-made quality of "natural" environments in the era of the Capitalocene, when all places have been touched by human economic and social systems. 

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Click here to visit the map.

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dripping, creaking, flowing is supported by the University of Chicago Arts Science and Culture Collaboration Grant. Web design and coding by Will Hanes. 

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