Electromagnetic Sound Art – Disinformation and “National Grid”
“Communism equals Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country” – Vladimir Ilyich Lenin 1921
Documentation + audio commentary, featuring – Disinformation “National Grid”, remix by Bruce Gilbert 1997; Disinformation “National Grid”, LP version 1996 (CD re-issue 1997); Disinformation “National Grid”, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst (Leipzig) “New Forms” CD 2000; Disinformation, live at the Dom Culture Centre (Moscow) 28 Sept 2000, featuring Mike Walter + Andy Knight; Disinformation + Strange Attractor, live at New Corsica Studios (London) 19 Nov 2004, featuring Mark Pilkington; H.G. Wells “Lord of the Dynamos” (extract) 1894; William F. Temple “Four Sided Triangle” (extract) 1951; Bruno Schulz “Sklepy Cynamonowe” (extract) 1934; Disinformation “Barcelona” (unreleased) remix 2017. Total running time 41:19.
Programme commissioned by the Listening Arts Channel, 19 March 2021 –
https://www.wereallbats.co.uk/event-details/electromagnetic-sound-art
Use headphones – https://player.vimeo.com/video/525853784
Image: “National Grid” montage from video by Joe Banks + Barry Hale – video installation commissioned by Fabrica, Nov 2001
