Blog: August 18th, 2010Remix of John Cage’s 4’33″ using 68 YouTube videos of people performing the piece on a variety of instruments. Dick’s Music video I found deeply moving. Art that typically has a pretentious high art narrative around it suddenly becomes democratic, anyone can make it. Anyone can engage with it. I just think its awesome that [...]
Blog: September 2nd, 2010Another music video project from Dick Whyte. This time a video for Iron Maiden’s Number of the Beast, except its different. Internet artist Cory Arcangel has compressed the song MP3 666 times now Dick has done the same to the video with 66 compressions to date, hopefully we’ll see more. What I love about this [...]
Blog: October 31st, 2010New Daft Punk music video for Tron Wow looks awesome I wanna see this, even though its by Disney and will probably be crap. Still here’s hoping… And if you really want to another Tron Trailer. being fancy its worth clicking for full screen. Now for a palate cleanser:
Blog: November 19th, 2010Tomorrow is Wellington Zinefest and I will be there manning the NZCC stall; selling both my own and other comics. There will be heaps of cool comics, zines and stuff to check out plus Dick Whyte will be there with his Britney Mashups! (which are awesome, I highly recomend getting one!) and Brent Willis will [...]
Blog: December 6th, 2010One of my favourite songs from Dick White’s music project Britney Spears Best of Noise, involving: This is not a remix, as such, but a rhizomatic layering (rhimix) of two tracks supercomposed over top of one another in the hope that multiple points of contact might be established between them, which would not have been [...]
Blog: January 1st, 2011No really I want to say a huge thanks to everyone who has somehow been invloved with drawingsilence last year. Especially: Tim Beverstock, Claire Harris, Robyn E. Kenealy and Dick Whyte Also This means it has been three years since I started on this comics thing at the beginning of 2008.
Blog: January 5th, 2011Another awesome remix by Dick, this time Cry Me a River Justin Timberlake’s “Cry Me A River” superimposed over tracks by obscure German noise band Der Schwarze Kanal (including “Zuflucht,” “Gelb Vielleicht” and “Ohh Ich Hab Mich So Nach Dir Gesehnt Du Schrecken Der Deutschen Armee!”). for more information check out the vimeo site.
Blog: April 1st, 2011The Truth about Beneficiary reform in New Zealand. Thanks to Tao Wells, Dick Whyte and the Wells Group. Produced for the Wellington People’s Center and beneficiary’s rights advocacy.