Slog - Comments on Currently Hanging http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/currently_hanging_173 Diem Chau's Boy and Girl, carved crayons and wood, 3 inches high This, or actually some just like it by the Seattle artist, are currently "hanging" in the September issue of Harper's, where they illustrate a story called "Tyranny of the test: One year as a Kaplan coach in the public schools." You can kind of see them here, but if you want to get a close look you have to pick up a copy or become a subscriber. Judging from this web mini-view, though, which is appropriately Lilliputian, I especially like the use of the sculpture perched on... Copyright 2008 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:36:01 -0800 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:33:50 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Steven Miller yay for Diem! I lurv these little sculptures.

]]> Steven Miller http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/currently_hanging_173#c1104371 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/currently_hanging_173#c1104371 Visual Art Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:47:53 -0800 Comment by bronkitis Those are way better than the chapstick carvings of penises I used to make.

]]> bronkitis http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/currently_hanging_173#c1104418 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/currently_hanging_173#c1104418 Visual Art Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:05:39 -0800 Comment by kerri harrop Those little crayon sculptures make me swoon and this Stevie clip is one of the best from the Sesame Street archive. Plus, Vocoder!!

Jen Graves, this is your best post EVER.

]]> kerri harrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/currently_hanging_173#c1104440 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/currently_hanging_173#c1104440 Visual Art Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:17:59 -0800 Comment by Daniel That's actually a talk box that Stevie is using. A bit different than a vocoder which runs the voice signal directly through a vocoder to give a synthesized sound (think 'more bounce to the ounce' by Zapp & Roger).

This talk box thing is what Peter Frampton used to make his guitar "talk". So, Stevie is running the synthesizer output through the talk box, which very low-tech-ishly sends the synth through a pvc tube that he has in his mouth. He then moves his mouth without speaking to manipulate the synth sound which goes directly into the microphone in front of him. It's basically a Jew's harp except it' the synth instead of your voice making the noise that your mouth is manipulating.

]]> Daniel http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/currently_hanging_173#c1104459 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/currently_hanging_173#c1104459 Visual Art Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:23:16 -0800 Comment by harumph I like these little guys. I do. I was immediately drawn to them when I saw them in person last year. They are clever and sweet and a pleasure to regard. But I'm a little irked by the fact that I have seen so many blog and gallery posts about them. There's other good artworks out there and it seems like everyone just gets behind the same few approved artists and endorses them in a chain reaction.

Just harumphing. I like these but I'm irked.

]]> harumph http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/currently_hanging_173#c1104476 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/currently_hanging_173#c1104476 Visual Art Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:30:55 -0800 Comment by harumph As soon as I posted my little spiel about being irked and harumphing I realized I'm just jealous. I'm sayin it before someone else does.

]]> harumph http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/currently_hanging_173#c1104506 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/currently_hanging_173#c1104506 Visual Art Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:46:53 -0800 Comment by kerri harrop @4: thank you for that clarification, which I should have already known. When someone once explained a talk box to me, I practically fell in love. It is seriously so cool.

]]> kerri harrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/currently_hanging_173#c1104523 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/currently_hanging_173#c1104523 Visual Art Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:57:15 -0800 Comment by joey every time i see a "currently hanging", i prepare for the inevitable, "THIS SUXX!". i had already crafted my reply, "ONLY AN IDIOT COULD HATE ON DIEM!" and low and behold, everyone is in love. yea! they're great!

]]> joey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/currently_hanging_173#c1104690 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/currently_hanging_173#c1104690 Visual Art Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:07:11 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball @4, thank you. Talk box, indeed.

Now, if it's a vocoder you want, look no farther than Laurie Anderson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hhm0NHhCBg&

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/currently_hanging_173#c1106239 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/currently_hanging_173#c1106239 Visual Art Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:33:50 -0800