body_scapes is an ongoing fixed media project in which the music is created from sound captured on different parts of the body.

The inspiration comes from practicing meditation and noticing the various sounds and hums that would arise during deep breathing. Using a stethoscope microphone placed over the heart and a contact microphone on the neck, I recorded multiple mediations, breathing exercises, and vocal improvisations as the basis for my pool of samples that would then inform the direction of each composition.