by Soli Pierce and Bruce Odland
Sound installation with performances at Kino Saito, March 8-May 19, 2025
Featured Projects
Wallace Shawn legacy podcasts
Bruce helped Wally reinvent his two most profound plays as podcasts. They have just been released by Gideon Media. You can listen here to Designated Mourner and Grasses of a Thousand Colors.
During the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic … continue reading
Harmonic Gate, O+A, 2020
This Sound Installation by Bruce Odland and Sam Auinger for Europaallee in Zurich opened in September of 2020. Three “soundstone” loudspeakers play back city noise that has been transformed into a soundfield of harmony. It all happens in real-time. Harmonic … continue reading
Detour 360: First Preview
7pm, October 17th, 2019: Museum of Discovery in Fort Collins.
Detour 360 explores the sonic terrain of the great state of Colorado — from Trinidad to the Canyons of the Ancients to Greeley to Red Rocks to all points in
Ear Yoga : Think With Your Ears
Jacob Burns Media Lab
Modern soundscapes often dampen our capacity to truly listen. In this unusual workshop, you’ll re-tune your ears to the primal sense of acute hearing. Participants are encouraged to stretch underused auditory … continue reading
Hamlet 360 “Thy Father’s Ghost”
Bruce Odland created a sound world for Hamlet 360, an experiment in VR theater, for Google and Commonwealth Theater. Director Steve Maler takes the VR medium to a new level, infusing it with Shakespearean content, immersion, and high production standards.… continue reading
Requiem for Fossil Fuel
O+A, Thessaloniki, documenta 14, 2017
O+A performed their Requiem, as part of documenta 14, in the Rotunda of Galerius (300AD), Thessaloniki Greece. The acoustics were perfect.
“Orchestra of City resonances” by Sam Auinger played live. Audience surrounded virtuoso singers: Sarah … continue reading
Terrell Place
ESI Design, 2016
Terrell Place is an iconic Washington DC building named for the brilliant civil rights leader and educator, Mary Church Terrell.
Odland created an ambient sound environment drawn from Mary Church Terrel’s musical tastes written down in her … continue reading
PNC Bank World Headquarters
Ambient Sonic Information EnvironmentBruce Odland created a sonic language to communicate the inner workings of a smart building to its people.As sonic architect on ESI Design’s team, he created ambient sound fields that interact for each of the building’s systems. … continue reading
Quiet is the New Loud
O+A, Brugges Triennale, 2015
O+A were invited by the festival curators to create a large scale sound installation for the city center of Brugges, Belgium. They decided to bring to attention the city’s remarkable quietude In this noisy world, quiet … continue reading
Sonic Vista
O+A, Frankfurt, Germany 2011 – to present
For the 20th anniversary of Frankfurt Germany’s famed greenbelt, O+A created a real-time sound installation on a historic railroad bridge over the Main River. They transformed the sounds of the city into harmony, … continue reading
The Wooster Group
La Didone, 2007
The Wooster Group invited Bruce to music direct and create a sound design for a mashup of Cavali’s 1641 Baroque Opera, La Didone, and Mario Brava’s 1965 sci-fi cult classic, Terrore nello spazio. He paired … continue reading