Dec 7, 2009 0
Incidental Archive
During 2002/03 I collected magnetic tape from streets and trees – eventually amassing an archive 50+ individual pieces. I began painstakingly re-assembling these – putting the old magnetic tape into new cassettes. These were never shown / performed or shared since I could not think of a satisfactory way to play these again….
Simply putting the tapes into a tape player risks potential damage.
and yet…
A digital ‘press-button’ archive is boring and unsuitable – and the sanitisied digital files seperation the end user from the original concept and labour involved in re-assembling tapes.
At the time I had the feeling that what was needed was:
- New ‘device’ – instrument – TANGIBILITY
- sound has been detached – needs hands-on care to make audible again
- facility for random access – database? – mixin and new interpretation ov these samples…
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