The third artist I have explored from the artist links on our class website is Golan Levin. An artist and teacher/researcher in Pittsburgh who teaches at Carnegie Mellon University where he is an Associate Professor of Electronic Art. This artist is prolific, but his project that most caught my eye is his Dialtones: Telesymphony collaborative performance piece. Using special software and utilizing audience participation, the artists asked audience members to register their cell phone numbers in advance of the show. The artists then utilized this software to dial multiple audience members simultaneously at different times to create music utilizing the ringtones of the participating audience members as various instruments. The audience members have assigned seats and are given customized ringtones before the concert so they can present location-specific sounds and create cascading waves of sound throughout the concert venue. There are some terrific videos available here:
http://www.flong.com/projects/telesymphony/
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