Experimental artist Steve Roden worked in a variety of disciplines including drawing, sculpture, film/video, sound installation, and performance, as well as recording. Roden employed a process that translated various forms of specific notation into musical scores. In turn, these influenced the process of creating paintings, drawings, sculptures, sonic compositions, and sound installations. Though these scores were rigid in structure, they allowed for intuitive actions, mistakes, and "potential left turns." Roden's sonic experiments helped to pioneer the ambient subgenre known as lowercase music, an extreme form of minimalism that features quiet, typically unheard sounds amplified and enlarged into engrossing soundscapes. His 2001 work Forms of Paper is considered the first lowercase album. Roden collaborated with several notable experimental artists and composers, including Richard Chartier, Frank Bretschneider, and Machinefabriek. He exhibited his work in solo and group shows in museums and galleries globally and was awarded numerous fellowships and grants.