The Same Old Song

An instruction piece and concept album:

1. Make friends with 3 street musicians.
2. Record them every day for 3 weeks.
3. Make 3 songs, where each song consists of the 3 weeks mixed together.
4. Do this in 3 different cities.

April 12, 2009: The accessible version.

Slow Motion via Bandwidth Throttling

Create a film meant to be viewed in slow motion. Stream it across a connection that is throttled at exactly the right bandwidth so the video plays in slow motion. Alternatively: add an element of interactivity by creating a force-sensitive sheath for the network cable running to the display computer. When a participant steps on the sheath, the bandwidth is further throttled — "choking" the network connection. Instead of creating a video, consider using YouTube videos. Every time a video loads completely, choose a new one at random.

Bring the Noise

1. Pick a YouTube video.
2. Train a Markov chain on the comments.
3. Generate a new comment with the Markov chain.
4. Post that comment to the video.
5. Pick a new YouTube video and repeat.