screamattheeconomy

:: Scream at the Economy ::

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Is a participatory project which invites people to call a phone number and scream at the economy. We want to utilize the scream as a primary accessible interface but also as an instinctive survival expression, as a warning of danger, and through considering the historical context and implications of the “Scream” in art history (such as in Munch's painting) that have become a kind of shorthand of modern alienation and despair, icons of anxiety and hopelessness.
The archived screams are recorded as mp3 files. On the web they will be used to create a musical composition by various international composers, that will be available to download for free beginning June 25, 2009 at www.floatinglabcollective.org. As a second action the musical composition will be played in the “screamer,” (see diagram) a portable speaker system, that will perform in public spaces in front of relevant financial institutions.

Detail Instructions:

1. Call this number: 646.402.5686 ext 90514 (24/7) to call to United States from another country +1

2. Scream at the economy. To get a clear recording please back up a few inches from your phone before you scream.

3. The screams will be used to compose music. (6 international composers will use the screams as a source for the composition)

4. Download the music created from the screams (for free) beginning June 25, 2009 at: www.floatinglabcollective.org.

5. The music will be played as a performance in public space in front of financial institutions. Using the “screamer”, to play the compositions.

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Diagram screamer

Screamer in progress

Floating Lab Collective is a community arts initiative of Provisions Learning Project, a research .center for arts and social change, with support from the Greater Washington Creative .Communities Initiative, Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation .and Tides Foundation.

	:: Main Menu :: FLC Background :: Floating Museum :: Press :: Contact :: [download songs] ::
	:: Scream at the Economy ::

		Is a participatory project which invites people to call a phone number and scream at the economy. We want to utilize the scream as a primary accessible interface but also as an instinctive survival expression, as a warning of danger, and through considering the historical context and implications of the “Scream” in art history (such as in Munch's painting) that have become a kind of shorthand of modern alienation and despair, icons of anxiety and hopelessness. The archived screams are recorded as mp3 files. On the web they will be used to create a musical composition by various international composers, that will be available to download for free beginning June 25, 2009 at www.floatinglabcollective.org. As a second action the musical composition will be played in the “screamer,” (see diagram) a portable speaker system, that will perform in public spaces in front of relevant financial institutions.

		`Detail Instructions:` `1. Call this number: 646.402.5686 ext 90514 (24/7) to call to United States from another country +1` `2. Scream at the economy. To get a clear recording please back up a few inches from your phone before you scream.` `3. The screams will be used to compose music. (6 international composers will use the screams as a source for the composition)` `4. Download the music created from the screams (for free) beginning June 25, 2009 at: www.floatinglabcollective.org.` `5. The music will be played as a performance in public space in front of financial institutions. Using the “screamer”, to play the compositions.`

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	`Diagram screamer`
	`Screamer in progress`

		Floating Lab Collective is a community arts initiative of Provisions Learning Project, a research .center for arts and social change, with support from the Greater Washington Creative .Communities Initiative, Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation .and Tides Foundation.