The first recordings made at Louisiana State University’s new Digital Media Center recording studio were not of sophisticated contemporary works for acoustic instrument or an experimental sonic environment built from micro-controllers and sensors — it was giggles. Specifically the giggling and laughter of my four children while I cleaned and worked on getting the space in better order. I’ll admit, a few tickles helped prime the pump. A year later, this piece bubbled up from those initial recordings and serves as a reminder to how contagious smiles can be. ## Sonic Art This is the stereo version of the work. Created in 2015. <iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1956249383%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-JzNSTIO34wg&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe><div style="font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/allisonic" title="allisonic" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">allisonic</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/allisonic/of-human-utterance-laughter/s-JzNSTIO34wg" title="Of Human Utterance: Laughter" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">Of Human Utterance: Laughter</a></div>