revolution

as genius dylan lyrics go, for me "gargles in the rat-race choir" is definitely one of the most outstanding. from the uncannily-pertinent song "it's alright ma", it's a line that i believe speaks directly to the times at hand.

it just so happened that my studio at an artists' residency at blue mountain center this past fall contained a turntable that would make every record it tried to play skip in strangely perfect loops. i set about recording the loops, then layered them to create a collage. i also filmed the turntable itself spinning around and around using an old-fashioned super-8 film camera...the whole experience seemed to be the perfect metaphor for current events, all the more ironic given that the album containing the song ("bringing it all back home") was originally released in 1965. i added some video, digitized the film, and knitted it all together to create this little movie. please see http://www.alycesantoro.com for more of my work.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• bob
• dylan
• super-8
• 8mm
• loops
• vinyl
• record
• skipping
• alyce
• santoro
• activist
• anti-war
• album
• rat-race

[FuzzyCabesas]

Very interesting compisition. Dylan sounds like a total different person. You know what he kind of sounds like? He almost sounds like a preacher, and or scientist. The last "can you show me?" loop sounds like a 60's garage rock song. Good job.

[mostlyrecords]

I think it would be fun to play some Beatles records on this turntable.