When the Bark of the Birch Tree Sings is a sound visualization, or rather a visual auralization. The materials include a found piece of birch bark, an altered poem originally "Swinging on a Birch Tree" by Lucy Larcom, an audio track with digital instrumentation and spoken word, and digital prints of the process.
I was commuting home from school on foot and came across this piece of birch bark on the sidewalk. Familiar with music production, the pattern reminded me of piano roll. I decide to auralize the birch bark, and found a suitable poem for the bark to select words from. I spoke the words over the instrument composition and that became the finished sound element. I didn't stick to a strict system, opting instead for interpretive flexibility and a pleasant listening experience.
John Cage 'Water Walk' for Melodic Pineapple is an audio recontexualization. I use video footage of John Cage's sound performance "Water Walk" as a score for my own musical composition on a homemade sound sculpture - the melodic pineapple. Rather than directly copy Cage's bodily movement for my score notation, I use camera functions present in the original footage - pan, zoom, cut scene, etc. These film elements become cues that trigger layered sequences of melodic pineapple notes.
In a way, I did a Cage-ian thing to John Cage.