The sausage products of German immigrant Oscar Mayer are popular in the United States – thanks to clever marketing and a catchy promotional song. In 2003, the Evolution Control Committee from Ohio, known for its crude appropriations, recognised the lyrics as a godsend and mixed them with the national anthem.
John Oswald established the concept of plunderphonics – the “stealing” of sounds for the sake of art. Here, the Canadian composer transforms a kitschy Christmas song into an absurd cartoon for the ears.
Charles Kellogg had already developed the ability to communicate with birds in their own language between the ages of four and six. In 1891, at the age of 23, the naturalist who grew up in the wilderness of the Sierra Nevada brought his talent to the stage.
When the blind street musician Moondog roamed New York City in the early 1950s, he must have chosen the places where he laid out his instruments on the pavement with his ears. Sometimes it seems as if the sounds of the city were just waiting for him.
Joseph Nechvatal’s 1995 cybersex novella '~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~venus©~Ñ~vibrator, even' is based on the idea that any form of sexual order is only temporary and that social gender is therefore in a permanent state of becoming.
