Memory Banks

for two channel audio
commissioned by the California Botanical Garden

Memory Banks (2025) is an analog synthesizer loop piece inspired by a 1300-year-old giant redwood stump exhibit inside the California Botanic Garden. Trees grow by adding a new ring each year, with the width and characteristics of the rings offering a glimpse into past climates, ecosystems, and geological events which extend beyond human-recorded history. Memory Banks’ continuous cyclical structure mirrors the ebb and flow of these rings to create a portrait of a tree’s amazing lifecycle.