Rap Meets SMS. The
artist, Frank Plant, wrote to me to tell me about the new installation,
F2T (Free to Talk) he's created with his colleague, Thomas Charveriat.
It's kind of rap meets sms meets robots! Check out the link here and watch the video.
Viewers interact directly with the artwork by sending it a short
text message from their mobile. Once received, the SMS is scanned for
frequently used words and, when a match is found, the four elements are
activated. The main piece, "Rapper" begins to twist and wave his hand
while mouthing a rap based on the message sent, the new lyrics culled
from more than 130 different hip hop phrases written by Amsterdam-based
lyricist and composer Jim Barnard. The rest of the piece is
simultaneously set into motion: "Boom Box" starts flashing and blasting
out the song while "Joy Ride" a bouncing low-rider, and "Shake Ass"
(looks like it sounds) begins to move, triggered by ambient sound
sensors. When the song is finished, a thermal printer spits out a
souvenir with the original SMS and the words of the "Rapper".
Pretty cool!
On a personal note, my 12 year old is disgusted that someone of my age likes Jay Z. Check out the fabulous Collision Course.
I also like DJ Dangermouse's mash up of The Beatles' White Album and
Jay Z's Black Album - the Grey Album, which EMI are currently trying to
ban. They won't be able to, of course, as it's on all the file sharing
networks. Gotta keep the lawyers busy, I suppose. [The Mobile Technology Weblog]
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