the curve is exponential (2017)

commissioned by University of Chicago Carilloneur Joey Brink for the 75th anniversary of the 1st human-controlled self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction

dedicated with much appreciation to Joey Brink

the curve is exponential was written in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the first human-controlled self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. The structure of the piece roughly follows the events in the days surrounding the experiment at the University of Chicago in 1942.