iOs-a-Poem

Made for Red Bull Arts gallery, iOS-a-Poem explores how communication technologies have transformed since the era of John Giorno’s iconic 1968 work Dial-a-Poem.

about

iOS-a-Poem is a contemporary response to John Giorno’s iconic 1968 work Dial –a-Poem. The work focuses on how communication and technologies have transformed between then and now, and how our relationships to one another have altered as a result. In the piece, participants receive a mix of audio that includes original audio from Dial-a-Poem, readings of the works in Dial-a-Poem by new human and AI voices, machine noises, and instructions to perform certain tasks. At the outset, participants are told they all have the same instructions, though it quickly becomes clear that this is not the case.

dates

2017 at Red Bull Arts

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