Author: chad
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Nielsen Slit
chad eby Nielsen Slit Nielsen Slit is a generative analog sound piece consisting of a portable TV that generates a new soundtrack to the over-the-air programming it receives based on the luminance values of the video image as detected by sensors attached directly to the screen. Sadly, the piece ceased to function as intended on…
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1’05”
chad eby 1’05” 1′05″ explores and embraces the contradictions of the German V2 rocket: an object of great formal beauty, ugly purpose and uglier production methods. Developed toward the end of the Second World War, the weapon caused many more deaths in production than deployment, and would go on to form a significant part of…
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CC
chad eby CC Narrative reflexes that have enabled us from the beginning of time to connect dots, fill in blanks, are now turned against us: we cannot stop noticing: no sequence too absurd, trivial, meaningless, insulting Rem Koolhaus, Junkspace CC (for Closed Captioning) is a piece that explores “looking at looking,” as well as this…
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Long ‘A’ Says Its Name
chad eby Long ‘A’ Says Its Name Without a body, the alphabet hovers like a hungry ghost above a stagnant well, wailing in an eternal twilight Dale Pendell, The Language of Birds Long ‘A’ Says Its Name is a piece standing squarely at the confluence of written and spoken language. The work dismisses the 21…
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Babel
chad eby Babel “But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. The LORD said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their…
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coffee:Paul
chad eby coffee:Paul I like having coffee with my friend Paul, but haven’t managed to do so for years now. In 2005, I made a low resolution grayscale image of Paul by constructing a grid of variably creamed cups of coffee. Up close, you can’t recognize Paul in the rows and columns of coffee cups.…