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# Quotidian Record
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/quotidian-record/
- Published: 2013-07-09T21:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-28T11:01:01.000Z
- Description: Artist Brian House transforms his own geographical movements into an eleven music piece pressed on vinyl.
- Author: Protein
- Tags: Seeds, Music, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:25, #author-change-2025-05-28

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Brian House, an artist at New York’s [Eyebeam Art and Technology Center](http://www.eyebeam.org/?ref=protein.xyz), has turned geographical movements into music for his latest project the [Quotidian Record](http://brianhouse.net/works/quotidian%5Frecord/?ref=protein.xyz).  
  
House used [OpenPaths](https://openpaths.cc/?ref=protein.xyz) to record his every move during the daily commute in New York as well as while exploring the vast wilderness of Colorado. The culmination of a year’s worth of movement was then translated from House’s Geo Data to form a musical composition. Certain cities and areas were given different keys, while frequently visited locations were assigned notes on the music scale, creating the melody. This project allowed House to distill a years worth of memories into an physical, eleven minute music piece, of which only ten were created.  
  
The resurgence of Vinyl has seen some innovative uses such as the [Wooden Record](https://www.prote.in/en/feed/2013/05/wooden-record?ref=protein.xyz), [the Fisher Price Record](https://www.prote.in/en/feed/2013/06/fisher-price-record-player?ref=protein.xyz) and the [X-Ray Record](https://www.prote.in/en/feed/2013/02/x-ray-records?ref=protein.xyz), but like Yuri Suzuki's [Sound of the Earth](https://www.prote.in/en/feed/2012/10/the-sound-of-the-earth?ref=protein.xyz), the Quotidian Record explores a geographical narrative using an abstract, audible format.   

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