During his time in Taos, Collins made over 150 GB (~250 hours) of field recordings.  Many of these recordings are of natural environments.  For this sound installation he imagined Taos before people, before it was Taos.  For PASEO 2014 Collins created an abstract musical piece utilizing the natural recordings as the central compositional elements.  

The final composition affected an atmospheric and light aesthetic, or what he imagine as the spirit of what draws people, artists, and like-minded folks to Taos.  

The running length was 2 hours.  

MY NAME IS BEN LINK COLLINS AND ALABAMA FIELD IS THE HOME FOR MY WORK AND COLLABORATIONS. SO FAR THAT WORK HAS CONSISTED OF SOUND ART, PHOTOGRAPHY, GRAPHIC DESIGN, AND ARCHITECTURE. I GRAVITATE TOWARD ARTIFACT BASED INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS. FROM 2012 TO 2015 I WAS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND SILENT MEDIA, AN INTERDISCIPLINARY, ARTIFACT BASED RECORD LABEL THAT IS NO LONGER ACTIVE. YOU CAN STILL FIND ALL OF THE SILENT MEDIA RELEASES ON THE SILENT MEDIA BANDCAMP PAGE.