Inventing the Stein-O-Phone

While visiting with Richard Colton in his studio in Concord, he suggested we use words instead of musical sounds when triggering from the Dance Machine, which he has recently seen in action (video to follow soon, I hope). He has been reading Gertrude Stein’s “Tender Buttons”. This is particularly intriguing, since Stein’s concept was to use language rhythmically rather than always following standard grammatical rules. So I got home and recorded eight voice clips from “A Feather” which is one of the pieces in her book, “Tender Buttons”. Got it running on the Dance Machine this afternoon, and Zach and Wes came down to play with it. Have we out Gertrude Stein-ed Gertrude Stein?

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