<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div></div><div>I did a bunch of stuff years ago - early 80s - where I took cassettes - those were the tech back then :) and manipulated the contents so that the cassette gradually changed throughout the entire length. eg From initially a simple intervention - faint phone ringing in the background, through playing a solo along with Perry Como's band through to asynchronous loops of the material going off on its own path to form multiple complex layers. </div><div>Then I smuggled the manipulated cassettes - in the original shells and packaging - back into the stores for resale.</div><div><br></div><div>I started doing similar for rented videos - the idea was to recut scenes and insert ads taped off TV (I figured people would barely notice an inserted ad as we are all so
conditioned to watching them within programs). Unfortunately I couldn't get enough access to video editing -in those days editing suites were very 'exclusive'<br> </div><a rel="nofollow">www.greg-hooper.com</a><div><br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Steven Ricks <stevericksmusic@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> microsound@microsound.org<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wed, 16 February, 2011 2:16:34 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [microsound] Exit Through the Gift Shop<br></font><br>Thanks Bernhard,<br><br>I'm interested in the latter--the "urban intervention" as you say. I was trying to imagine creating and then
anonymously installing some sort of sound producing device/apparatus in a public space that would contribute to the overall sound environment in the way the Banksy et al pieces contribute to the visual environment. I imagine it has been done in places but I'm only aware of some of the "sanctioned" sound installations. There are some obvious challenges above and beyond what the visual artists face, including cost, perceptibility, and perhaps perceived security issues even more present in our world today that would drastically cut short the life of an unattended unidentified electronic/mechanical device. Anyway . . . any other thoughts/info out there . . . ?<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 3:41 AM, Bernhard Living <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:bernhard.living@me.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:bernhard.living@me.com">bernhard.living@me.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex;">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word;">Dear Steven<div><br></div><div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">Historically, there has alway been a close relationship between graffiti and so called urban music. In the US this would be hip hop, and in the UK it would be drum’n’bass and dub-step. Or are you asking if there is an equivalent in terms of making an urban intervention using sounds? If so, then it’s an interesting question to ask. The placing of speakers, playback devices and power sources would be something of an issue though. However, one can go and capture sounds from a location, and use these sounds for sample-based compositions, and then virally infect any public sound systems.</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;min-height:17px;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;"> There is an interesting documentation of sounds here at the British Library as part of the UK Sound Map; <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://sounds.bl.uk/uksoundmap/index.aspx"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">http://sounds.bl.uk/uksoundmap/index.aspx</span></a></span></div>
<div style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;min-height:17px;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">Regards,</span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;min-height:17px;">
<span style="letter-spacing:0px;"></span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">Bernhard Living</span></div><div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div>On 15 Feb 2011, at 05:51, Steven Ricks wrote:</div>
<br></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div></div><div class="h5">Forgive me if I missed any discussion on the topic below--I don't recall seeing anything . . . <div><br></div><div>I know I'm a bit late on this, but I just watched Banksy's Exit Through the Gift Shop and found it interesting and thought provoking. It raised the following question(s) in my mind:</div>
<div>What is or would be the musical equivalent of "Street Art" as presented in the film?</div><div>Are the media too different to find close analogs? (Is it a worthwhile question?)</div><div><br></div><div>SR<br>
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