Turntablist instrument builder Walter Kitundu was awarded one of the MacArthur Genius Awards.
Check out streaming the video that goes with this article. Beautiful, inspiring work:
http://www.kqed.org/arts/programs/spark/profile.jsp?essid=8440
Sweeet
I did some googlesearching and found that this guy was a guest artist at my museum and worked with my boss a bit...I feel cooler now.
Okay, now I know what I wish I'd been doing with my life all this time. Woodworking & electromechanical musical equipment are the sister disciplines of the gods.
This guy really is a genius. A turntable powered by the ocean breeze?? I wonder how (or if) he stepped up the RPM?
It kinda reminds me of this guy who taught a adv. web languages class i took a year ago. But his work was much more about tech then craft.
Like his Death of Sound project
I have a new person to add to my favorite artists pantheon.
oh my god. this has absolutely blown my mind. this is a like a perfect storm of things that i get really excited about.
wooow. ok that was pretty amazing.
yeah this stuff makes for some awesome listening:
http://www.kitundu.com/music.html
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