Listen to “Turntable Drawing 36: The Place” by Jon Fischer and Danny Clay. Based on a Hebrew word “haMakom,” that has no direct translation into English. Based on a research trip to Israel, the audio works uses interviews, field recordings and sounds to create a meditation on the shifting concept of place.
Turntable Drawing No. 36 newspaper
“The Place” Newspaper
Media: Newspaper + 29 Minute Audio Work
Size: 12 pages, 27 x 20 inch spreads (huge!)
Act of Giving? Free to all: November 2020
Year: 2020 (Pandemic Year)
Edition: First Printing of 300 (download digital pdf version here)
Collaborators: Composer: Danny Clay Commissioned By: Look + Listen Festival (Brooklyn, USA)
Notes: “Sort of Exploratorium meets New York Times meets MAD magazine.”
After the 2020 festival was cancelled due to Covid19, Look and Listen commissioned us to release “Turntable Drawing no. 36: The Place” as this 12 page oversized newspaper. Mailed directly to the audience, this tactile project continues Look + Listen’s mission to provide unique interactions between music and visual spaces free of charge.
Newspaper includes:
- Download/streaming/podcast link to the audio work.
- Audio samples of records, voices, field, recordings (with QR codes)
- Illustrated score
- Comics & Cartoons
- Weather
- Interviews
- Two Fold-Ins
- Full spread front/back cover poster
- Handy calibration guide
Just weeks before the coronavirus emerged, I made a voyage to the Middle East with some questions about a Hebrew word, “haMakom,” that I’d heard has no direct translation into English. I traveled with recording equipment and a mission to collect material for a collaboration with composer Danny Clay. We used the resulting interviews, field recordings and sounds to create a meditation on the shifting concept of place.