The Museum at Tomorrow

Commissioned by Frank Arban Field recordings, digital processing Track twenty-one of the Quarantine Commissions, where folks provide me three words to inspire a piece. Frank's words were "Music, Science, Humanity." Field recordings by Jeffrey Nils Gardner, Dušan Oblak, Fredrik Johansson, Erik Pålsson, and others from the public domain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Commissioned by Benjamin Dionysus Analog oscillators, digital text-to-speech, digital processing, instructions for chess Track twenty of the Quarantine Commissions, where folks provide me three words to inspire a piece. Benjamin's words were "The Spanish Bishop." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy No...

Commissioned by Glau Hansen Field recordings, processing, synthesizers Track nineteen of the Quarantine Commissions, where folks provide me three words to inspire a piece. Glau's words were "Meditation, city, blue." Special thanks to the National Parks Services for wildlife recordings. Listen to more at www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photosmu…ia/soundlibrary.htm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

Commissioned by Karleen Preator Field recordings, processing Track eighteen of the Quarantine Commissions, where folks provide me three words to inspire a piece. Karleen's words were "Meditation, city, blue." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Commissioned by Katie Utke Field recordings, modular synthesis Track seventeen of the Quarantine Commissions, where folks provide me three words to inspire a piece. Katie's words were "Fairytale, Dice, Owlbears." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-in...

Commissioned by Stephen Tremaine Synthesized music, text Track sixteen of the Quarantine Commissions, where folks provide me three words to inspire a piece. Stephen's words were "Surprise, Vasectomy, and Zoom" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info...

Commissioned by Travis Sauder Modular synthesis, processing, archival audio Track fifteen of the Quarantine Commissions, where folks provide me three words to inspire a piece. Travis's words were "Untethered, Void, Reflection." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do...

Commissioned by Brooce Slamdunk Field recordings, Synthesized music Track fourteen of the Quarantine Commissions, where folks provide me three words to inspire a piece. Brooce's words were "Choice, touch, thunderstorm" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell...

Commissioned by John Sumner Majer Field recordings, processing Track thirteen of the Quarantine Commissions, where folks provide me three words to inspire a piece. Sumner's words were "In a world..." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Commissioned by Anthony Fischer Field recordings, samples, granular synthesis Track twelve of the Quarantine Commissions, where folks provide me three words to inspire a piece. Anthony's words were "Puppets, Ruins, River." Sampled music includes: "Geno Awakens" from Super Mario RPG, "Dancing Doll Calcobrena" from Final Fantasy IV, and "Cait Sith's Theme" from Final Fantasy VII. Special thanks to N...

Commissioned by Elin Schran Synthesized music, field recordings. Track eleven of the Quarantine Commissions, where folks provide me three words to inspire a piece. Elin's words were "Light, box, jungle." Climate Change protest recordings by Kathinka Engels and Fredrik Johansson, sourced from Sounds of Change: www.soundsofchanges.eu/ . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Commissioned by Duo Yang Banjo, field recordings, interviews Track ten of the Quarantine Commissions, where folks provide me three words to inspire a piece. Duo's words were "Coffee, Calendar, Compersion" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Commissioned by Ryan Schile Archival recordings from Mercury 3, Gemini 3, and Apollo 9. Audio translations of Cassini's recordings of lightning on Saturn, Voyager recording plasma waves hitting solar winds, Cassini recording solar winds hitting Saturn's magnetosphere, and Voyager-2 recording solar winds hitting Jupiter's Magnetosphere. Track nine of the Quarantine Commissions, where folks provide...

Commissioned by Clayton Faits Field recordings, seismic recordings, granular synthesis Track eight of the Quarantine Commissions, where folks provide me three words to inspire a piece. Clayton's words were "Balance, Earth, Movement" Seismic recordings by Zhigang Peng can be found here: geophysics.eas.gatech.edu/people/zpeng…1/index.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...

Commissioned by Senja Alden Beaman Synthesized music, field recordings, text from "Myths of the Norsemen" by Roger Lancelyn Green. Track seven of the Quarantine Commissions, where folks provide me three words to inspire a piece. Senja's words were "Lavender, Birch, and Dandelion" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Cali...

Commissioned by Michael Anderson Field recordings, Music by Daniel Rosenfeld. Track six of the Quarantine Commissions, where folks provide me three words to inspire a piece. Michael's words were "Minecraft, Beer, and Dogs." Music sampled from Daniel Rosenfeld- go check out his work at c418.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/p...

Commissioned by Sydney Penny Content warning for direct Corona content. Field recordings, readings by Betsey Palmer, family voicemails, Amazon Polly voice generation, the CDC Coronavirus Website. Track five of the Quarantine Commissions, where folks provide me three words to inspire a piece. Sydney's words were "Kindness, Accountability, Distance." Special thanks to Alexander Danner for field reco...

Commissioned by Rachel Field recordings, synthesized music, interviews, Kitten. Track four of the Quarantine Commissions, where folks provide me three words to inspire a piece. Rachel's words were "Cats, Love, Sunlight." Best listened with easy access to someone you love, whether they are a partner, a friend, or a family member. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Pr...

Commissioned by Cait Weiss Orcutt Stereo field recordings, ambisonic field recordings, violin, sampled cellos, text Cait's words were: Ohio, Husband, Veganaise. === Words to accompany the piece, to be read before, after, or while listening: Follow your heart. My wife cannot say Husband with a straight face She drawls: Huuuuusband. We’re not sure if it is too much Texas, or too much Dan Savage Even...

Commissioned by El Jay Rich Field recordings, synthesized music, sequenced music, Amazon Poly Voice, Changeling: the Dreaming character creation rules, Chance Operations. Track two of the Quarantine Commissions, where folks provide me three words to inspire a piece. El Jay's words were "Home, Creation, and Night." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at...

Welcome to the second "season" of the Museum at Tomorrow and other stories! This season will be my "Quarantine Commissions" - roughly 5 minute audio essays that people commissioned in the early days of the COVID19 outbreak. Each person gave me three words to base a piece on- the following pieces are the result. I remain ecstatically grateful to everyone who commissioned a piece during that very di...

We come to the end. This is not for you. And Moses said, “Here I am.”   Learn more at www.nilsgardner.com/the-museum-at-tomorrow Content advisories for this episode here. Transcript coming soon. Created and produced by Jeffrey Nils Gardner Interviews with Eleanor Hyde, Makena Levine, J Tremaine, Topher Elderkin, Karen Gardner, and others. Extended credits for "This is not for you" recordings can b...

Circling. Things change. "In the middle part of my life, I found myself in a dark wood..."   Learn more at www.nilsgardner.com/the-museum-at-tomorrow Content advisories for this episode here. Transcript coming soon. Created and produced by Jeffrey Nils Gardner Interviews with Marcus Warren, Eljay Rich, Ryan Bond, and others. Music by Jeffrey Nils Gardner. Special thanks to Neil Verma and Sarah Gei...

Deeper into the maze. What Names could we give this? “Wanted, desired, wished / Missed, lacked, needed / Lost”  Learn more at www.nilsgardner.com/the-museum-at-tomorrow Read a transcript of this episode here. Content advisories for this episode here. Created and produced by Jeffrey Nils Gardner Interviews with Clayton Faits, Rachel Megibow, Rev. Topher Elderkin, and Jeffrey Nils Gardner. Thanks to...

We explore. Complications and isolation. “Drink and swallow” Learn more at www.nilsgardner.com/the-museum-at-tomorrow Support the show at www.patreon.com/nilsgardner Read a transcript of this episode here. Content advisories for this episode here. Created and produced by Jeffrey Nils Gardner Interviews with J.R. Cillian Green, Sam Kohlhass, Mel Ruder, and Lissette Alvarez. Museums toured include t...