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MUSIC FOR GAS STATIONS
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20 December 2016
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Music For Gas Stations

For Music For Gas Station, I toured with Ensemble Babel, an experimental group from Switzerland. As the video artist, I created a series of live Periscope feeds to connect the performances with global audiences in real-time.

For the project, we embarked on a drifting road trip in one van to visit gas stations. Responding to and interacting with each gas station, we created compositions, recordings, video works, road journals, radio broadcasts, and more.

This project was a reference to Ed Ruscha's 26 Gasoline Stations, which involved two ten-day tours to visit 26 gas stations in the USA (2016) and Europe (2017), as well as one show in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 2018.

EnsemBle baBel: Music For Gas Stations 2016 C’était un rendez-vous 1976

Before the Green Flag. Comments by Melvin Henthorn, NASCAR Fan

Station n°4 Rushville / Indiana

ensemBle baBel for Christian Marclay; The Bell and The Glass live 2015 (excerpt)

ensemBle baBel: Usine

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2 Comments
Lee Walton - Thanks Sara! Yes, we had a blast traveling around doing things and making sounds. hope you are enjoying the class!
Sara Verdugo - I thought this was interesting and a good idea. What better way to meet new people and observe different cultures and ways than visiting the many rest stops of the roads...very cool