Visionaire No. 53: Sound

Description:	If you close your eyes, what sense takes over? Do you consume the world in sound bites? Are you moved by the art of noise? Issue 53 of Visionaire--produced this time around in collaboration with the British car manufacturer, MINI--is dedicated to the theme of Sound. Packaged inside a specially produced domed case, it consists of five 12-inch vinyl records, imprinted with images (picture discs), that together contain more than 100 minutes of sound content--from audio experiments to unreleased songs, samples and spoken word pieces. Also included is a MINI Clubman Vinyl Killer record player: a battery-operated toy car, containing speakers and a needle. As the little car moves along a records groove, it plays each track, acting as a fully portable record player and sound system. Beyond all this, the issue also includes two CDs with all of the sound content gathered digitally, as well as a booklet of credits and instructions. Contributors include: musicians David Byrne, Courtney Love, Michael Stipe, Adam Horowitz (Beastie Boys), Antony & the Johnsons, Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth), Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran), Karl Bartos (Kraftwerk), Andrew WK, Chan Marshall (Cat Power), Danger Mouse, Malcolm McLaren, Ruyuichi Sakamoto; artists Robert Wilson, Yoko Ono, Christian Marclay, Doug Aitken, Gary Hill, Sylvie Fleury; DJs Miss Kittin, Trevor Jackson, Towa Tei, Michel Gaubert; fashion designers Alexander McQueen, Helmut Lang; bands LittlAns, Fischerspooner, Unkle, Animal Collective, SunnO))) and many more.--Artbook.com (accessed August 30, 2018).A MINI Clubman Vinyl Killer record player: a battery-operated toy car that acts as a portable record player--Publishers web site.12-inch picture disc records remain stationary on any flat surface, while a battery-powered, 5-inch long scale model of a Mini Clubman automobile rides around the disc surface guided by a phonograph needle in its undercarriage. Speakers in its roof turn it into a portable record player as it circles around the disc.I-ART copy: Number 3943 in an edition of 4000 copies.
Origin:	2007
Created By:	Gan, Stephen; Dean, Cecelia; Kaliardos, James; Foley, Greg E.
Publisher:	New York, NY : Visionaire Pub., 2007.
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/BookArts/id/442
Collection:	Herron Library Fine Press and Book Arts Collection
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Copyright:	In Copyright
Subjects:	Artists books--New York (State)--New York. Automobiles--Models. Multimedia (Art) Picture discs (Sound recordings) toy car record player, 5 12-inch picture disc records : plastic and vinyl, round plastic case, 2 sound discs, booklet

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