“Usually, when we have historical information or statistics it’s presented really coldly,” Viner explains. “Instead of it just being a number, I wondered if we could listen to trauma — social trauma presented in an audible way — perhaps our experience of that trauma would be different.” “There’s a factory in Japan that makes radiation detectors, and I got them to customize a board for me,” he says. “My next project is going to be a live piece: As the board detects the radiation, it will trigger a note on the computer. I’ll either wire it all up and hopefully exhibit it somewhere, or I might set up a server online and stream it live, so anyone can listen to it in real time.” japantimes.co.jp/culture/2014/08/19/music/musician-rory-viner-turns-japans-suicide-statistics-song/#.U_M-jEhr32A
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 12:14:22 +0000