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Mitchell Griest

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Abbott

Created in response to the visual scores and experimental music of Anthony Braxton

Sixteen mirrors, eight of them painted. On each mirror, I started with a fast, lazy swipe of paint and paper towel, then carefully edged the results of the gesture in india ink.

Self playing instruments, many of them driven by DC motors spinning Chick-fil-A straws to strike and make noise

Speakers and batteries

An exercise in creating quite a din

Hear it

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 A spinning drinking straw strikes the strings of a ukulele  This sound is then mic'd and played back in reverse continuously
DC Motors
 A drinking straw whirs around just above the surface of a record, powered by a DC motor
 A drinking straw whirs atop a glass jar, powered by a DC motor  It strikes the strings of an acoustic guitar, which is reflected in the painted and un-painted mirrors beside it
 Anthony Braxton views the piece in person for the first time, accompanied by me and fellow students from Pete Schulte's Advanced Concepts in Drawing class at the University of Alabama
 Discussing the piece with Anthony Braxton
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