Harvey/Holzer, 2017
All the Tweets from 45, August 25 10pm CMT - August 27, 2017
duration: 11'48"
Excerpts read from Jenny Holzer's Inflammatory Wall, 1979–82 on the Mass MoCA campus
All the Tweets from 45, August 25 10pm CMT - August 27, 2017
duration: 11'48"
Excerpts read from Jenny Holzer's Inflammatory Wall, 1979–82 on the Mass MoCA campus
It is recommended to listen to these pieces with headphones, as opposed to the built-in speakers of a computer.
Using Twitter as Source Material
As a way to understand and process news and information that I consume via Twitter, I am searching for and collecting tweets around a theme or on a specific date when a level of disconnect resonates for me personally. I will then retype each tweet and record those keystrokes and convert them into MIDI notes. Those notes are then the backbone of my digital compositions.
As a way to understand and process news and information that I consume via Twitter, I am searching for and collecting tweets around a theme or on a specific date when a level of disconnect resonates for me personally. I will then retype each tweet and record those keystrokes and convert them into MIDI notes. Those notes are then the backbone of my digital compositions.