A data set derived from measuring the fluctuating wind velocity of a turbulent air flow was mapped onto parameters in the design of timbres and in the sequencing of musical events. This mapping includes pitch, rhythm, amplitude, panning, filter frequencies, and FM and granular synthesis instruments. This work is part of a larger project to investigate the aural perceptibility of patterns in complex data sets, using the sonic results of these experiments as source material for an artistic work, freely ordering and combining fragments into rich electroacoustic textures.

Turbulent Flow was commissioned by Chenoa Anderson with the assistance of the Ontario Arts Council.