Marquee Tee
Marquee Tee
plywood, paint, plastic letters
22 x 24 x 2 in.
22 x 24 x 2 in.
Includes full set of plastic letters
Artist & Author
Includes full set of plastic letters
from "140 Ways to Make a Cassette Unlistenable"
In this age of static culture, where everything plays at once to produce a wash of static, this trip through the noise rainbow fits right in. Noise is not just noise, but comes in colors, each of which inhabits or creates its own non-space, neither linear nor circular. Though noise is not music and is rarely heard in nature, it has a rich, sculptural character. This recording is a collage of the different "colors" of noise referenced in the title, and is an attempt to make an effective audio piece with the most humble sonic means available.
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Custom Flotilla - detail of “AKMB Black” t-shirt (2014)
Three untitled pieces made with clocks: top left is scrambled numbers, top right is a compass, and the bottom piece features water. Gallery installation view with artist, Oakland, Calif., 2009.
Study for a piece called “The Wager”, 2009
Study for a piece called “The Wager”, 2009
Since this is a list of all “bands” and not all “band names,” if a name is used by more than one band, it is listed that many times.
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Many people have pointed out that this book was obsolete immediately, and wondered why someone would have a list like this printed when you could simply consult lists on the internet for the most complete, up-to-date info. Part of the playful (in a non-ironic way) nature of this object is that it is kind of like a tomb of information, a snapshot, a monument to the human tendency to wrap our arms around the impossible and solidify the ever-shifting. Also, as a document that could only be assembled in a reasonable amount of time in the internet age, it is a successful attempt to limit information and to separate it from hyperlinks. This book has one kind of information only, and I find that very liberating as a reader, and respectful of a reader’s attention.
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I considered this piece of conceptual art finished when it had been printed out on plain white letter paper. But, lo and behold, through persistence (thanks partly to completing Tony Robbins’ series of “Personal Power” cassettes) I managed to have it published and it became a rather nice-looking coffee table book.
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from "140 Ways to Make a Cassette Unlistenable"
