The Fierce Bad Rabbit: Homage to Rita McKeough
I completely love this audio piece for 12 reasons. First, it has the voice of several beloved (by me) audio art and community radio producers from across North America: Frieda Werden, Marc Andre Roy, Glady Brooks and Rita McKeough. Second, it was stitched together from found sound: We were testing different microphones for comparision. All the audio was improvised in the moment. But it has a narrative, in my mind, that hangs together around Rita. Marc added the nice ascending keyboard elements using a toy keyboard. Originally, this piece was put together for a live performance at the 2004 Full Moon Audio Art Camp in New Brunswick. Thus the extreme left-right mix.
Many happy thoughts to all the audio artists out there who like to improvise. Happy thoughts squared to those who like to improvise, play with audio equipment, build weird gadgetry, sing campfire songs, eat 100% local vegetarian and camp by the sea!
September 15 2004 | feminist interventions in geek culture and sound & image and on communication | No Comments »