by anne niemetz 3/2003
adime homeinvitation poster LALALA / invitation poster UCLALALALA
4 performers / sensor suspenders / larry king samples
| STRETCHING L.A. by anne niemetz 3/2003 |
adime home |
| presented during
the Westweek 2003 "LALALA" exhibition at the pacific design center
hollywood, blue building third floor, 8687 melrose ave, west hollywood,
march 25th-27th invitation poster LALALA / invitation poster UCLALALALA 4 performers / sensor suspenders / larry king samples |
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| performers: lucas kuzma mike chu osman khan tenzin wangchuk makeup: jenny yurshansky support: ashok sukumaran dolores rivera namrata mohanty kim hager prof. christian möller pete conolly tim quinn maroun harb doug smarch charles harvey kareem a. alhazred ucla design|media arts |
 ...wearable music instruments |
stretching l.a. is a performance in which four performers create music by stretching their suspenders. the suspenders have built-in bend sensors that trigger larry king statements taken from his tv-show. why larry king? because the gesture of “suspender-stretching” is a habit larry king has become known for, and he is a celebrity honored by los angeles. he is, in short, "the man with the suspenders". the performers have the possibility to select, scratch and replay mr. king’s statements, in much the same way a dj can while playing records.. the choice of sampled words and sentences lets the performers converse with each other and ask questions addressing los angeles, its people and the political situation. |
the exhibited piece stretching l.a. consist of two parts: a three-minute video loop excerpt of the performance, and a pair of interactive suspenders. watch the video (3 min) on Youtube pictures/video of the presentation and the exhibition space |
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