Neil Spowage, Ghetto Bastard (2008)

Part of an MA portfolio, the Ghetto Bastard 'was derived from a Sharp Portable Radio Cassette Player that I found in the wheelie bin outside my house. It was in perfect working order and provided inspiration for this project. It fitted my ethos of re-using discarded technology and my own remit of portability.' Alterations included hacking the AM receiver to create squeaks and squeals (these controlled by two large bolts, one at each end of the device_; removing one of the speakers and placing it back-to-back with the other to create feedback (while filling the vacant socket with a mirror ball); and modification of the tape transports with the addition of a spindle on which a Barbie-style doll was mounted.

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That ghetto bastard look like a real bastard to 'play'!!