The process also became a dance between visual and musical elements.  Collaged images for the eclipses, suns, and moons were cropped from digitally manipulated photographs of a puddle. Sound wave patterns of the flute became elements of the composition, and the motif of cut squares references the holes found in player piano rolls. The braille music notation offers another layer of language. 

 

To transcribe the patterns into music, I created a 24 hour “ruler” with octaves of a 12-note chromatic scale.  After plotting the positions of the sun, moon, and eclipses, I drew lines which translated into the lengths of violin, guitar, and bass fiddle strings. 

 

To hear the music, you can scan the QR code above.  This is an ongoing project to study eclipse patterns in other locations with instruments from those cultures.