'When Satellites Murmur' is an experimental film about my attempt to pick up a NOAA satellite signal from my NYC rooftop, to enter an eerie and ephemeral portal of nonhuman communication. The outcome is a sonic network of satellite signal beeps, starling murmurations, shortwave radio waves, and theremin oscillations.

The film draws parallels between the avian and technological networks that inhabit our skies - starlings murmur like TV static whilst satellites orbit like swarms. The soundscape is mediated by my process of picking up and modulating real-time and prerecorded signals, transforming antennas from passive receivers into instruments that play the ephemeral sounds of our aerial networks.

link to project website to find out more about process and research

The sound for this film was made using CubicSDR, MaxMSP, and a Moog Theremin. 

Murmuration footage taken from Adobe Stock.