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Café ELF © 2012
A generative audio stream for Art's Birthday, January 14-20, 2012.

Illuminated Shroom © 2011
A tree fungus that measures the wind during the day and plays back the results on LEDs at night.

The Silent Speaker © 2010
An interactive sound installation using VLF transmitters. Based on ideas from the "Counter-Clock World" (1967) by Philip K. Dick.

Shadow Machine © 2010
An interdisciplinary performance produced by Co. Erasga Dance. October 20 - 30, 2010 at W2 Community Media Arts in Vancouver.

Resonant Elf © 2010
A generative audio stream of ELF-radio feedback, for Art's Birthday, January 17th, 2010.

Poison Mentor © 2009
An outdoor installation of radiation measuring, sonic fungi.

Extremity Cassette © 2009
by Anna Friz and Absolute Value of Noise. A generative audio stream for Art's Birthday, January 17th, 2009.

The Lauging Dress © 2008
A performance and installation by Lori Weidenhammer and Absolute Value of Noise.

Somewhere a voice is calling © 2007
A performance of sound and video with Anna Friz and Glenn Gear.

Preying Insect Robots © 2006
An intervention with creatures that converse using wireless Internet.

Magnetic Focus © 2006
VLF receivers, wire coil antennas, and radiative devices.

AVN+RPD_05 © 2005
A collaborative audio CD with Absolute Value of Noise and Roberto Paci Dalò.

Light Bulb © 2004
Micro-audio recordings of lamps and related devices.

Groove © 2004
Hand-cut vinyl grooves on the outer rim of audio cds. (special edition)

Spark-Writing © 2004
A generative sound installation using hand-made speaker trumpets.

Transducers, Contact Mics and Micro-Audio © 2004
Broadcasting to Reinventing Radio (Kunstradio at Ars Electronica) with Cecilia Greyson, Michael North, Jean Routhier, Ken Roux.

.. devolve into II .. © 2002
A collaborative web-streaming project co-produced with Roberto Paci Dalò and several international participants. Commissioned by Kunstradio ORF.

Cadillac Desert © 2001
An image + sound installation that pulls web-streams into a virtual and fantastical rendition of the artist's house.

..devolve into (I) .. © 2000
An on-line image + sound generator produced for Kunstradio ORF, with Shawn Chappelle, Joelle Ciona and Lori Weidenhammer.

Divining for Lost Sound © 1996-1999
An outdoor sound installation produced with Lori Weidenhammer.

Silence Descends © 1999
A CD release with Shawn Chappelle, Joelle Ciona, Anna Friz, Eileen Kage and Bill Mullan.

Monster Audio © 1998
An on-line (java) audio animator of sounds from "Private Radio: 24 Hours of Radio/ART" from 1992-96.

Memory © 1988 - 1995
Audio CD and recreated fax-art scroll. From the archives. Edition © 2007.

Noise Speak'r © 1991
An early cassette release now available for download (mp3 files).

Alignment © 1991
The origins of Absolute Value of Noise, CD reprint edition © 2004.

BLACK © 1989
Murk from the archives. CD reprint edition and booklet © 2006.