Here's a Table of Contents for this blog:
EXERCISE 1: http://odysseysystemssjsu.blogspot.com/2011/09/introductory-post-analysis-of-existing.html
EXERCISE 2: http://odysseysystemssjsu.blogspot.com/2011/09/placeholder-emergent-behavior-in.html
EXERCISE 3: http://odysseysystemssjsu.blogspot.com/2011/09/spray-diagrams-and-systems.html
PROJECT 1: http://odysseysystemssjsu.blogspot.com/2011/11/creativity-mirroring-and-homage.html
FINAL PROJECT: http://odysseysystemssjsu.blogspot.com/2011/12/travis-stebbins-art103-final-project.html
GLASS/DMA COLLABORATION: http://glassmedia103sjsu.blogspot.com/
Friday, December 16, 2011
Travis Stebbins Art103 Final Project: "This Song Really Speaks to Me"
(Piece: http://dma.sjsu.edu/art103/t_stebbins/FinalFlash/SongSpeaksToMe.html )
(Original Proposal: https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AUCeAfy0HJq7ZGN6c3Q3ZGJfODJ0emJzYjdmaA )
THIS SONG SPEAKS TO ME
By Travis Stebbins
This Song Speaks To Me is an artistic exploration of the meaning and context of modern popular music through the means of an existing popularity system and the use of several processes of analysis. Specifically, it is an art piece that attempts to explore the meanings (or lack thereof) of the most frequently used words in pop music at any given time— in this case, November 18, 2011.
Those songs are:
We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris) by Rihanna
Rumor Has It/Someone Like You by the Cast of Glee ("Someone Like You" only counted once since the original by Adele is also on this list)
Take Care ft. Rihanna by Drake
It Will Rain by Bruno Mars
Sexy and I know it by LMFAO
Good Feeling by Flo Rida
The Motto (ft. Lil Wayne) by Drake
You Da One by Rihanna
Someone Like You by Adele
Ideally, the songs that are the most popular would influence the behavior of those it reaches in a positive way (e.g, contributing to society, treating their fellow man with care and love, treating others equally, etc) or at least explore a subject in depth. To test this, I used a word-counting site (with slightly modified words/letters to include each word regardless of its capitalization or punctuation and accounted for the top 23 relevant words (excluding such repetitive words as "a" or "and"), including "I" and "you" due to their immense prevalence.
Initially the piece did not have a specific 'physical' or aesthetic 'shape'; at the time I had hoped that the results of the word count would show the kind of direction the piece could go. Would the top words be about love? The club? Sex? Breakups? Sadness? Joy? If they took to a specific direction, they would provide an illuminating view on the general context of popular music's general message(s).
...it turns out that even with some of the more redundant/less necessary words out of the picture, next to nothing could be discerned from the most frequently used words in popular music on November 18, 2011. A vague sense of selfish desires and/or sexuality may have peeked through, but in general the 23 most frequently used words said next to nothing about the human condition, love, lust, or just about anything of particular use.
Of course, this does not mean that nothing of value was gained! This piece took on a sarcastic direction of its own with the discovery that pop music doesn't mean anything; I decided to take the piece and turn it into a "Pop Music Generator" with a generic Roland TR-808 drum beat and use samples of the most frequently used lyrics from my data set so that any participant may make progress in becoming the next Pop producer by producing large amounts of absolute drivel and musical/lyrical garbage.
(UPDATE: As of December 19th 2011... several of those tracks are STILL on top of the Singles Charts for iTunes. Perhaps there is commentary to be found in that?)
(Original Proposal: https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AUCeAfy0HJq7ZGN6c3Q3ZGJfODJ0emJzYjdmaA )
THIS SONG SPEAKS TO ME
By Travis Stebbins
This Song Speaks To Me is an artistic exploration of the meaning and context of modern popular music through the means of an existing popularity system and the use of several processes of analysis. Specifically, it is an art piece that attempts to explore the meanings (or lack thereof) of the most frequently used words in pop music at any given time— in this case, November 18, 2011.
Those songs are:
We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris) by Rihanna
Rumor Has It/Someone Like You by the Cast of Glee ("Someone Like You" only counted once since the original by Adele is also on this list)
Take Care ft. Rihanna by Drake
It Will Rain by Bruno Mars
Sexy and I know it by LMFAO
Good Feeling by Flo Rida
The Motto (ft. Lil Wayne) by Drake
You Da One by Rihanna
Someone Like You by Adele
Ideally, the songs that are the most popular would influence the behavior of those it reaches in a positive way (e.g, contributing to society, treating their fellow man with care and love, treating others equally, etc) or at least explore a subject in depth. To test this, I used a word-counting site (with slightly modified words/letters to include each word regardless of its capitalization or punctuation and accounted for the top 23 relevant words (excluding such repetitive words as "a" or "and"), including "I" and "you" due to their immense prevalence.
Initially the piece did not have a specific 'physical' or aesthetic 'shape'; at the time I had hoped that the results of the word count would show the kind of direction the piece could go. Would the top words be about love? The club? Sex? Breakups? Sadness? Joy? If they took to a specific direction, they would provide an illuminating view on the general context of popular music's general message(s).
...it turns out that even with some of the more redundant/less necessary words out of the picture, next to nothing could be discerned from the most frequently used words in popular music on November 18, 2011. A vague sense of selfish desires and/or sexuality may have peeked through, but in general the 23 most frequently used words said next to nothing about the human condition, love, lust, or just about anything of particular use.
Of course, this does not mean that nothing of value was gained! This piece took on a sarcastic direction of its own with the discovery that pop music doesn't mean anything; I decided to take the piece and turn it into a "Pop Music Generator" with a generic Roland TR-808 drum beat and use samples of the most frequently used lyrics from my data set so that any participant may make progress in becoming the next Pop producer by producing large amounts of absolute drivel and musical/lyrical garbage.
(UPDATE: As of December 19th 2011... several of those tracks are STILL on top of the Singles Charts for iTunes. Perhaps there is commentary to be found in that?)
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Parse of all the lyrics found in the top 10 singles...
Parsing provided by http://www.csgnetwork.com/documentanalystcalc.html
Unique words:675 Total words:3120
Freq. Word
149 I
144 YOU
109 THE
75 THAT
57 IT
53 A
48 IN
47 LOVE
41 ME
40 ONE
39 TO
38 I'M
37 NEVER
36 MY
35 AND
30 KNOW
29 DONT
28 LIKE
28 NO
26 AT
26 YOUR
25 WE
22 LOOK
22 GET
22 WIGGLE
22 CAN'T
22 DAY
21 SO
21 IF
21 GIRL
20 IS
20 I'LL (or ILL)
20 SOMETIMES
20 FEELING
19 BE
19 YEAH
18 BUT
18 ALL
18 BODY
17 UP
17 HOW
17 JUST
16 GOOD
15 GOTTA
15 WILL
15 EVERY
15 ABOUT
14 FEEL
14 OUT
14 WITHOUT
13 DO
13 OF
13 HAD
13 CAUSE
13 NIGGA
13 FOR
13 BABY
12 GOT
12 WHATS
12 WHAT
12 WHEN
11 MAKE
11 I'VE
11 ON
11 TIME
10 WITH
10 THIS
10 AIN'T
––––––––––––––Not All That Important–––––––––––––––––
9 BY
9 ARE
9 FOUND
9 ITS
9 AWAY
9 RAIN
9 WONT
9 MIND
9 SAY
8 SHE
8 THEY
8 DREAM
8 THATS
8 GO
8 HAVE
8 HOPELESS
8 NOW
7 YOURE
7 WAY
7 SEXY
7 WALK
7 WORK
7 FROM
7 HURTS
7 HER
7 TAKE
7 OH
7 THINK
7 ALWAYS
7 SURE
7 BEHAVE
7 BEFORE
6 WANT
6 YA
6 MONEY
6 ONLY
6 REALLY
6 WISH
6 REAL
6 LOSE
6 GIVE
6 SAME
6 MINE
6 PLACE WE
6 THERELL
6 SOMEONE
6 LASTS
6 INSTEAD
5 HARD
5 LET
5 SEE
5 NEED
5 LOST
5 THOUGH
5 BACK
5 YOUD
5 NOTHING
5 TRY
5 EVER
5 CAN
5 STILL
5 FORGET
5 YEAH
4 BEG
4 REMEMBER
4 SAID
4 LIFE
4 YOUVE
4 WOULD
4 YOU I
4 KEEP
4 HATE
4 BITCH
4 TELL
4 EYES
4 MAN
4 CARE
4 WANNA
4 GIRLS
4 HEART
4 COME
4 FACE
4 PLAY
4 FUCK
4 THERES
4 COULDNT
4 DIDNT
4 FIND
4 DOWN
4 RUNNIN
4 FALLING
4 BEST
4 TOO
4 NO
3 DOOR
3 SHOW
3 BEEN
3 NEW
3 OVER
3 EVERYDAY
3 GAME
3 FIGHT
3 SIDE
3 MORE
3 FUCKIN
3 LIE
3 EVERYBODY
3 HERES
3 PANTS
3 SHIT
3 EVEN
3 OUR
3 LOVED
3 WAS
3 WERE
3 ID
3 PHOTO
3 ALREADY
3 LIVE
3 ONCE
3 MOTTO
3 YOLO
3 BOUT
3 LITTLE
3 AFRAID
3 SITTING
3 BENCH
3 WELL
3 LIGHT
3 ANYBODY
3 SEEM
3 EM
3 SKEET
3 CHANGE
3 GOD
3 BOTH
3 SUNLIGHT
3 HOLD
3 SOME
3 PULL
3 CLEAR
3 LOVING
3 THESE
3 YOU
3 SLEEP
3 GOTTA
3 SKIES
3 CLOUDS
2 HE
2 STARING
2 BROKEN
2 PIECES
2 TIL
2 LIES
2 BLEEDING
2 TASTE
2 THATLL
2 WHO
2 WIN
2 LEAVE
2 ROLL
2 SPOT
2 AM
2 REST
2 WITHOUT…
2 YOU YOU
2 GOODBYE
2 NOT
2 HERE
2 RIGHT
2 READY
2 WALKIN
2 KNEW
2 SHOES
2 HURT
2 GETTING
2 HIDE
2 MISTAKES
2 OOOH
2 SHOUT
2 ELSE
2 PASSION
2 MAYBE
2 ALMOST
2 FRIEND
2 THEIR
2 BIG
2 CARRY
2 YOURSELF
2 THERE
2 GOES
2 CHECK
2 ALIVE
2 DENY BUT
2 OFF
2 THEYRE
2 UNDERSTAND
2 SAVE
2 PLACE
2 TOLD
2 AN
2 THINGS
2 NIGGAS
2 BUTT
2 PUT
2 GUN
2 SWEET
2 TONGUE
2 OTHER
2 HEARD
2 LOOKING
2 CAME
2 CONTROL
2 STOPS
2 ASHAMED
2 OR
2 TURN
2 BLUE
2 TRYIN
2 UNINVITED
2 PICK
2 YEP
2 NOTHIN
2 WRONG
2 YES
2 SHOULDVE
2 STAY
2 HOPED
2 YOURS
2 OH
2 REMINDED
2 ISNT
2 GRAB
2 DAY
2 SIP
––––––––Don't Matter––––––––––
1 CROSSES
1 MINE WHAT
1 TAKES
1 FLY
1 HEADED
1 SACRIFICES
1 MAKIN
1 BAR
1 CLAW
1 YO
1 SHINE
1 NERVOUS
1 THROUGH
1 ANIMAL
1 OPEN
1 DOOR LOVE
1 DIVIDE TURN
1 PRINT
1 MORE FEEL
1 HEARTBEAT
1 SHIRT
1 SETTLED
1 MARRIED
1 BEAT
1 DREAMS
1 OUTTA
1 TRUE
1 GUESS
1 SERVICE
1 GAVE
1 OLD
1 WHY
1 SHY
1 LAFREAK
1 WALKING
1 REDFOO
1 MALL
1 SECURITY
1 PIMP
1 ASKED
1 STREET
1 THEYVE
1 ASS
1 THEM
1 MOTHERS
1 FAVORITE
1 DADDY
1 FUN
1 PLEASE
1 MORPHINE
1 EYE
1 FRO
1 ‘CAUSE
1 BEACH
1 FLIES
1 YESTERDAY
1 LIVES
1 BORN
1 RAISED
1 SUMMER
1 HAZE
1 BOUND
1 SURPRISE
1 GLORY
1 DAYS
1 COMPARES
1 WORRIES
1 CARES
1 REGRETS
1 MEMORIES
1 MADE
1 SPEEDO
1 KNOWN
1 BITTERSWEET
1 DIE
1 WAIT I
1 DOING
1 TRUTH
1 THING
1 THOSE
1 VAIN I
1 LOVE I
1 PAST
1 SAYIN
1 LIE ALL
1 HEAL
1 WHOLE
1 ERASE
1 BLAME BUT
1 ACCEPT
1 STRANGE
1 QUIT
1 THINKING
1 NIGHT
1 SOB
1 CRY IF
1 CRY
1 TEARS
1 LIVING
1 BLIND LOST
1 PILLOW
1 CASE
1 TYPE
1 LOT
1 ACTING
1 PUSHING
1 UPTOWN
1 YORK
1 CITY
1 TRYING
1 SPANISH
1 AVENTURA
1 UNCLE
1 LUKE
1 MIAMI
1 CLUBBING
1 TROUBLESOME
1 WOMEN
1 MUCH
1 WRIST
1 BLANCPAIN
1 CONDO
1 BISCAYNE
1 SPACE
1 BRAIN
1 THANG
1 GUY
1 CHANGED
1 TWENTY
1 FIVE
1 SITTIN
1 25
1 MIL
1 BUILDING
1 MYSELF
1 PEACE
1 MAC
1 DRE
1 IMMA
1 BAY
1 OKAY
1 PAID
1 HOLLA
1 WEN
1 STOP
1 TEAM
1 MEDICATION
1 BREAK
1 MASCOT
1 TUNE
1 PASS
1 RELAY
1 YMCMB
1 YMCA
1 FREDDIE
1 MARLEY
1 MARL
1 CRIBBO
1 THANKING
1 NIKO
1 JAY
1 CHUBBO
1 GIBO
1 SANTA
1 MARGARITA
1 LITER
1 OHHH
1 RUN
1 CUZ
1 PIMPING
1 ICE
1 COLD
1 BITCHES
1 REALIZE
1 CHILL
1 MEAN
1 DONE
1 THEN
1 AGAIN
1 SOMETHING
1 GUARANTEE
1 DEAL
1 USED
1 BAGGAGE
1 AS
1 HEAVY
1 PARTIES
1 TAN
1 DARLIN
1 PACE
1 SLOW
1 WATCH
1 WORRY
1 ANYMORE
1 SEEN
1 MINDS
1 BIRTHDAY
1 HIGH
1 CHEEKS
1 DENY
1 CALLING
1 RELIGION
1 UMPIRE
1 SEVEN
1 GRAMS
1 BLUNT
1 DROWNED
1 PUSSY
1 SWAM
1 COULD
1 EASTSIDE
1 TREE
1 LEAF
1 FALL
1 DAMN
1 WEED
1 MO
1 ADD
1 V
1 FUCKED
1 TORN
1 TWISTED
1 KNOB
1 TALK
1 STUPID
1 HEAD
1 TALKS
1 MR
1 ED
1 YOUNG
1 DRUM
1 ASK
1 ENERGIZER
1 BUNNY
1 FUNNY
1 HONEY
1 MATTER
1 SUGAR
1 STREETS
1 HOOKERS
1 (YOU
1 KISS
1 DO)
1 LONG
1 WATER
1 CLUB
1 CONVINCED
1 BECKY
1 (TUNECHI)
1 FOLLOWING
1 DOES
1 KNEES
1 LADIES
1 MEANT
1 SMILING
1 NIGHTS
1 FLOOR
1 BEING
1 ALONE
1 FACT
1 BOUGHT
1 BRUCE
1 SOLD
1 TEAR
1 SWEETEST
1 TOUCH
1 HAPPY
1 FRIENDS
1 KINDA
1 CRAZY
1 HAPPENS
1 SOMEBODY
1 HIT
1 YELLIN
1 WOULDVE
1 COMING
1 BET
1 SHOULDA
1 SOMIN
1 YELLOW
1 DIAMONDS
1 LIGHT AND
1 LEE
1 DOUBT
1 BELIEVE
1 HIS
1 PLAN
1 STANDING
1 TILL
1 BUCKET
1 ME
1 PRESIDENT
1 SIDE AS
1 JANUARY
1 FIRST
1 SHADOW
1 LIKE
1 DRINKING
1 DOT
1 COM
1 NOW
1 TONE
1 HOW
1 MANY
1 ROLLER
1 STONES
1 YEAH
1 BRAND
1 SPIRIT
1 PICKING
1 DONE ON
1 BED
1 WON
1 TOP
1 WINNER
1 G5
1 DEALER
1 WON NOW
1 MAMA
1 NEEDLE
1 HAY
1 STACK
1 A
1 BUGATTI
1 BOY
1 PLUS
1 MAYBACH
1 I
1 AROUND
1 ASAP
1 YEAH YOU
1 MOUNTAIN
1 TOP
1 WATER
1 POWER
1 ROYAL
1 SECOND
1 STRIKE
1 OIL
1 DIAMOND
1 PLATINUM
1 DRILL
1 LAND
1 GIVING
1 GIVING
1 UPS
1 OPTION
1 WITNESS
1 20
1 MEN
1 FEAR
1 LIONS
1 DEN
1 THAT
1 FLOW
1 FUNK
1 CROWN
1 KING
1 JUNGLE
1 STRONGER
1 DOWN
1 HUNDRED
1 MILES
1 GOING
1 SMILE
1 STRAIGHT
1 THE
1 TRICK
1 PLAYS
1 BILL
1 GATES
1 YEAH.
Unique words:675 Total words:3120
Freq. Word
149 I
144 YOU
109 THE
75 THAT
57 IT
53 A
48 IN
47 LOVE
41 ME
40 ONE
39 TO
38 I'M
37 NEVER
36 MY
35 AND
30 KNOW
29 DONT
28 LIKE
28 NO
26 AT
26 YOUR
25 WE
22 LOOK
22 GET
22 WIGGLE
22 CAN'T
22 DAY
21 SO
21 IF
21 GIRL
20 IS
20 I'LL (or ILL)
20 SOMETIMES
20 FEELING
19 BE
19 YEAH
18 BUT
18 ALL
18 BODY
17 UP
17 HOW
17 JUST
16 GOOD
15 GOTTA
15 WILL
15 EVERY
15 ABOUT
14 FEEL
14 OUT
14 WITHOUT
13 DO
13 OF
13 HAD
13 CAUSE
13 NIGGA
13 FOR
13 BABY
12 GOT
12 WHATS
12 WHAT
12 WHEN
11 MAKE
11 I'VE
11 ON
11 TIME
10 WITH
10 THIS
10 AIN'T
––––––––––––––Not All That Important–––––––––––––––––
9 BY
9 ARE
9 FOUND
9 ITS
9 AWAY
9 RAIN
9 WONT
9 MIND
9 SAY
8 SHE
8 THEY
8 DREAM
8 THATS
8 GO
8 HAVE
8 HOPELESS
8 NOW
7 YOURE
7 WAY
7 SEXY
7 WALK
7 WORK
7 FROM
7 HURTS
7 HER
7 TAKE
7 OH
7 THINK
7 ALWAYS
7 SURE
7 BEHAVE
7 BEFORE
6 WANT
6 YA
6 MONEY
6 ONLY
6 REALLY
6 WISH
6 REAL
6 LOSE
6 GIVE
6 SAME
6 MINE
6 PLACE WE
6 THERELL
6 SOMEONE
6 LASTS
6 INSTEAD
5 HARD
5 LET
5 SEE
5 NEED
5 LOST
5 THOUGH
5 BACK
5 YOUD
5 NOTHING
5 TRY
5 EVER
5 CAN
5 STILL
5 FORGET
5 YEAH
4 BEG
4 REMEMBER
4 SAID
4 LIFE
4 YOUVE
4 WOULD
4 YOU I
4 KEEP
4 HATE
4 BITCH
4 TELL
4 EYES
4 MAN
4 CARE
4 WANNA
4 GIRLS
4 HEART
4 COME
4 FACE
4 PLAY
4 FUCK
4 THERES
4 COULDNT
4 DIDNT
4 FIND
4 DOWN
4 RUNNIN
4 FALLING
4 BEST
4 TOO
4 NO
3 DOOR
3 SHOW
3 BEEN
3 NEW
3 OVER
3 EVERYDAY
3 GAME
3 FIGHT
3 SIDE
3 MORE
3 FUCKIN
3 LIE
3 EVERYBODY
3 HERES
3 PANTS
3 SHIT
3 EVEN
3 OUR
3 LOVED
3 WAS
3 WERE
3 ID
3 PHOTO
3 ALREADY
3 LIVE
3 ONCE
3 MOTTO
3 YOLO
3 BOUT
3 LITTLE
3 AFRAID
3 SITTING
3 BENCH
3 WELL
3 LIGHT
3 ANYBODY
3 SEEM
3 EM
3 SKEET
3 CHANGE
3 GOD
3 BOTH
3 SUNLIGHT
3 HOLD
3 SOME
3 PULL
3 CLEAR
3 LOVING
3 THESE
3 YOU
3 SLEEP
3 GOTTA
3 SKIES
3 CLOUDS
2 HE
2 STARING
2 BROKEN
2 PIECES
2 TIL
2 LIES
2 BLEEDING
2 TASTE
2 THATLL
2 WHO
2 WIN
2 LEAVE
2 ROLL
2 SPOT
2 AM
2 REST
2 WITHOUT…
2 YOU YOU
2 GOODBYE
2 NOT
2 HERE
2 RIGHT
2 READY
2 WALKIN
2 KNEW
2 SHOES
2 HURT
2 GETTING
2 HIDE
2 MISTAKES
2 OOOH
2 SHOUT
2 ELSE
2 PASSION
2 MAYBE
2 ALMOST
2 FRIEND
2 THEIR
2 BIG
2 CARRY
2 YOURSELF
2 THERE
2 GOES
2 CHECK
2 ALIVE
2 DENY BUT
2 OFF
2 THEYRE
2 UNDERSTAND
2 SAVE
2 PLACE
2 TOLD
2 AN
2 THINGS
2 NIGGAS
2 BUTT
2 PUT
2 GUN
2 SWEET
2 TONGUE
2 OTHER
2 HEARD
2 LOOKING
2 CAME
2 CONTROL
2 STOPS
2 ASHAMED
2 OR
2 TURN
2 BLUE
2 TRYIN
2 UNINVITED
2 PICK
2 YEP
2 NOTHIN
2 WRONG
2 YES
2 SHOULDVE
2 STAY
2 HOPED
2 YOURS
2 OH
2 REMINDED
2 ISNT
2 GRAB
2 DAY
2 SIP
––––––––Don't Matter––––––––––
1 CROSSES
1 MINE WHAT
1 TAKES
1 FLY
1 HEADED
1 SACRIFICES
1 MAKIN
1 BAR
1 CLAW
1 YO
1 SHINE
1 NERVOUS
1 THROUGH
1 ANIMAL
1 OPEN
1 DOOR LOVE
1 DIVIDE TURN
1 PRINT
1 MORE FEEL
1 HEARTBEAT
1 SHIRT
1 SETTLED
1 MARRIED
1 BEAT
1 DREAMS
1 OUTTA
1 TRUE
1 GUESS
1 SERVICE
1 GAVE
1 OLD
1 WHY
1 SHY
1 LAFREAK
1 WALKING
1 REDFOO
1 MALL
1 SECURITY
1 PIMP
1 ASKED
1 STREET
1 THEYVE
1 ASS
1 THEM
1 MOTHERS
1 FAVORITE
1 DADDY
1 FUN
1 PLEASE
1 MORPHINE
1 EYE
1 FRO
1 ‘CAUSE
1 BEACH
1 FLIES
1 YESTERDAY
1 LIVES
1 BORN
1 RAISED
1 SUMMER
1 HAZE
1 BOUND
1 SURPRISE
1 GLORY
1 DAYS
1 COMPARES
1 WORRIES
1 CARES
1 REGRETS
1 MEMORIES
1 MADE
1 SPEEDO
1 KNOWN
1 BITTERSWEET
1 DIE
1 WAIT I
1 DOING
1 TRUTH
1 THING
1 THOSE
1 VAIN I
1 LOVE I
1 PAST
1 SAYIN
1 LIE ALL
1 HEAL
1 WHOLE
1 ERASE
1 BLAME BUT
1 ACCEPT
1 STRANGE
1 QUIT
1 THINKING
1 NIGHT
1 SOB
1 CRY IF
1 CRY
1 TEARS
1 LIVING
1 BLIND LOST
1 PILLOW
1 CASE
1 TYPE
1 LOT
1 ACTING
1 PUSHING
1 UPTOWN
1 YORK
1 CITY
1 TRYING
1 SPANISH
1 AVENTURA
1 UNCLE
1 LUKE
1 MIAMI
1 CLUBBING
1 TROUBLESOME
1 WOMEN
1 MUCH
1 WRIST
1 BLANCPAIN
1 CONDO
1 BISCAYNE
1 SPACE
1 BRAIN
1 THANG
1 GUY
1 CHANGED
1 TWENTY
1 FIVE
1 SITTIN
1 25
1 MIL
1 BUILDING
1 MYSELF
1 PEACE
1 MAC
1 DRE
1 IMMA
1 BAY
1 OKAY
1 PAID
1 HOLLA
1 WEN
1 STOP
1 TEAM
1 MEDICATION
1 BREAK
1 MASCOT
1 TUNE
1 PASS
1 RELAY
1 YMCMB
1 YMCA
1 FREDDIE
1 MARLEY
1 MARL
1 CRIBBO
1 THANKING
1 NIKO
1 JAY
1 CHUBBO
1 GIBO
1 SANTA
1 MARGARITA
1 LITER
1 OHHH
1 RUN
1 CUZ
1 PIMPING
1 ICE
1 COLD
1 BITCHES
1 REALIZE
1 CHILL
1 MEAN
1 DONE
1 THEN
1 AGAIN
1 SOMETHING
1 GUARANTEE
1 DEAL
1 USED
1 BAGGAGE
1 AS
1 HEAVY
1 PARTIES
1 TAN
1 DARLIN
1 PACE
1 SLOW
1 WATCH
1 WORRY
1 ANYMORE
1 SEEN
1 MINDS
1 BIRTHDAY
1 HIGH
1 CHEEKS
1 DENY
1 CALLING
1 RELIGION
1 UMPIRE
1 SEVEN
1 GRAMS
1 BLUNT
1 DROWNED
1 PUSSY
1 SWAM
1 COULD
1 EASTSIDE
1 TREE
1 LEAF
1 FALL
1 DAMN
1 WEED
1 MO
1 ADD
1 V
1 FUCKED
1 TORN
1 TWISTED
1 KNOB
1 TALK
1 STUPID
1 HEAD
1 TALKS
1 MR
1 ED
1 YOUNG
1 DRUM
1 ASK
1 ENERGIZER
1 BUNNY
1 FUNNY
1 HONEY
1 MATTER
1 SUGAR
1 STREETS
1 HOOKERS
1 (YOU
1 KISS
1 DO)
1 LONG
1 WATER
1 CLUB
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1 BECKY
1 (TUNECHI)
1 FOLLOWING
1 DOES
1 KNEES
1 LADIES
1 MEANT
1 SMILING
1 NIGHTS
1 FLOOR
1 BEING
1 ALONE
1 FACT
1 BOUGHT
1 BRUCE
1 SOLD
1 TEAR
1 SWEETEST
1 TOUCH
1 HAPPY
1 FRIENDS
1 KINDA
1 CRAZY
1 HAPPENS
1 SOMEBODY
1 HIT
1 YELLIN
1 WOULDVE
1 COMING
1 BET
1 SHOULDA
1 SOMIN
1 YELLOW
1 DIAMONDS
1 LIGHT AND
1 LEE
1 DOUBT
1 BELIEVE
1 HIS
1 PLAN
1 STANDING
1 TILL
1 BUCKET
1 ME
1 PRESIDENT
1 SIDE AS
1 JANUARY
1 FIRST
1 SHADOW
1 LIKE
1 DRINKING
1 DOT
1 COM
1 NOW
1 TONE
1 HOW
1 MANY
1 ROLLER
1 STONES
1 YEAH
1 BRAND
1 SPIRIT
1 PICKING
1 DONE ON
1 BED
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1 TOP
1 WINNER
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1 DEALER
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1 MAMA
1 NEEDLE
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1 STACK
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1 BUGATTI
1 BOY
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1 AROUND
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1 MOUNTAIN
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1 WATER
1 POWER
1 ROYAL
1 SECOND
1 STRIKE
1 OIL
1 DIAMOND
1 PLATINUM
1 DRILL
1 LAND
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1 OPTION
1 WITNESS
1 20
1 MEN
1 FEAR
1 LIONS
1 DEN
1 THAT
1 FLOW
1 FUNK
1 CROWN
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1 DOWN
1 HUNDRED
1 MILES
1 GOING
1 SMILE
1 STRAIGHT
1 THE
1 TRICK
1 PLAYS
1 BILL
1 GATES
1 YEAH.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Final Project Powerpoint
https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dczst7db_82tzbsb7fh&revision=_latest&start=0&theme=blank&cwj=true
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Creativity, Mirroring and Homage: Christian Marclay
Christian Marclay is a multi-talented artist in audio production and video collage. He was born in San Rafael, CA on January 11, 1955, and was raised in Sweden. During his childhood and education he was heavily influenced by the Fluxus movement and Punk Rock genre. In 1979, he joined forces with guitar player Kurt Henry to form a band; since they were unable to hire a drummer, Marclay began manipulating records on turntables to create a beat over which Kurt would play.
Since then he has been creating music with what he calls "the lost sounds of the record"— the hiss of a turntable needle, the crackles and pops, skips on faultily-cut records, and even the sound of a record played off-center. Additionally, he tends to find cheap records in stores (in 1998 he bragged that he never paid more than $1USD for a record), cut them up and re-attach them to create specific rhythms or combinations of sound.
Music is a very popular experience that anybody can relate to. It's a lot more popular than painting. [And in any case, in] a performance you have the visual presence of someone producing sound. In my work I'm constantly dealing with the contradiction between the material reality of the art object as a thing and its potential immateriality. In a way immateriality is the perfect state, it is the natural outcome of the ephemeral. In music this aspect of immateriality is very liberating. Ideally I would like to make art that is invisible.
Marclay, Christian.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Christian Marclay
Christian Marclay is a multi-talented artist in audio production and video collage. He was born in San Rafael, CA on January 11, 1955, and was raised in Sweden. During his childhood and education he was heavily influenced by the Fluxus movement and Punk Rock genre. In 1979, he joined forces with guitar player Kurt Henry to form a band; since they were unable to hire a drummer, Marclay began manipulating records on turntables to create a beat over which Kurt would play.
Since then he has been creating music with what he calls "the lost sounds of the record"— the hiss of a turntable needle, the crackles and pops, skips on faultily-cut records, and even the sound of a record played off-center. Additionally, he tends to find cheap records in stores (in 1998 he bragged that he never paid more than $1USD for a record), cut them up and re-attach them to create specific rhythms or combinations of sound.
Marclay, Christian.
RESOURCES:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Marclay
http://www.egs.edu/faculty/christian-marclay/biography/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yqM3dAqTzs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVyO9BaMvAQ
http://www.jca-online.com/marclay.html
Since then he has been creating music with what he calls "the lost sounds of the record"— the hiss of a turntable needle, the crackles and pops, skips on faultily-cut records, and even the sound of a record played off-center. Additionally, he tends to find cheap records in stores (in 1998 he bragged that he never paid more than $1USD for a record), cut them up and re-attach them to create specific rhythms or combinations of sound.
Music is a very popular experience that anybody can relate to. It's a lot more popular than painting. [And in any case, in] a performance you have the visual presence of someone producing sound. In my work I'm constantly dealing with the contradiction between the material reality of the art object as a thing and its potential immateriality. In a way immateriality is the perfect state, it is the natural outcome of the ephemeral. In music this aspect of immateriality is very liberating. Ideally I would like to make art that is invisible.
Marclay, Christian.
RESOURCES:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Marclay
http://www.egs.edu/faculty/christian-marclay/biography/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yqM3dAqTzs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVyO9BaMvAQ
http://www.jca-online.com/marclay.html
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