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| Errata Erratum |
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| Launch date: November 2002 |
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"In the chain of reactions accompanying the creative act, a link is missing. This gap, representing the inability of the
artist to express fully his intention, this difference between what he intended to realize and did realize, is the personal
'art coefficient' contained in the work. In other words, the personal 'art coefficient' is like an arithmetical relation
between the unexpressed but intended and the unintentionally expressed..."
Marcel Duchamp, "The Creative Act," 1957
When I first started dj-ing it was meant to be a hobby. It was an experiment with rhythm and clues, with rhythm and cues:
drop the needle on the record and see what happens when this sound is applied to this context, or when that sound crashes
into that recording... you get the idea. The first impulses I had about dj culture were taken from that basic idea - play
and irreverence towards the found objects that we use as consumers and a sense of permanent uncertainty about the role of
art in our lives. For me as an artist it seemed that turntables were somehow imbued with the art of memory, and that they
embodied what theorist Francis Yates would call "memory palaces" in a contemporary context. (Think of the scenario as Walter
Benjamin's "aura" becomes a sound wave.) Basically I wanted to show how the "phonograph" was a memory game device translated
into a kind of philosophical game of intentionality mixed with what John Cage would call "chance operations."
Download PDF to read Paul D. Miller's essay
This project allows you to create your own "remix" of sounds by both Marcel Duchamp and Paul D. Miller aka Dj Spooky that
Subliminal Kid by manipulating rotoreliefs by Duchamp and disc-shaped tags by Miller.
Read instructions and technical requirements before viewing piece
Paul D. Miller is a conceptual artist, writer, and musician working in NYC.
Miller is best known by his constructed persona, Dj Spooky that Subliminal Kid-a character from his upcoming novel Flow My
Blood the Dj Said. Miller has recorded a huge volume of music as Dj Spooky that Subliminal Kid and has collaborated a wide
variety of preeminent musicians and composers such as Iannis Xenakis, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Butch Morris, Kool Keith a.k.a. Doctor
Octagon, Killa Priest from Wu-Tang Clan, Yoko Ono and Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth amongst many others. His written work
has appeared in The Village Voice, The Source, Artforum, Raygun, Rap Pages, Paper Magazine, and a host of other periodicals.
His work as an artist has appeared in a wide variety of contexts such as the Whitney Biennial, The Venice Biennial for
Architecture (year 2000), the prestigious Ludwig Museum in Cologne, Germany; Kunsthalle, Vienna; The Andy Warhol Museum in
Pittsburgh and many other museums and galleries.
DJ Spooky's website
Andrew Enoch (technical consultant)
A self-taught artist, multimedia designer, programmer, and father, Andrew Enoch has designed album covers and t-shirt graphics
for Ubiquity Records, played music with the air raid sirens in San Francisco, and continues to create collage and assemblage
art in his increasingly crowded basement. This is his first work with Paul D. Miller.
Andrew Enoch's website
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