Tonight I went to an event put on by my friend Josh Rosenstock at MassArt called the Shrine to the Funky Drummer: an experimental documentary/video mixtape/mashup he had been working on as artist in research at the Berkwick. It was a great piece and it got me thinking to create an interactive James Brown polyester suit with built-in beat. Basically you could add little pockets/sew into seams of the elbows, lapels, tails, etc. tiny motion activated sound-generators which, when you started to dance, would turn on and throw off some beats and depending how you moved, would make a super funk-inspired music piece. I think that would be awesome.
What is the smallest unit of funk? | 2009 | Projects | Tags: ideas, interactive, Projects, wearable technology | Comments (2)
Woo-eee! So glad you came and even more happy that you were inspired by the piece. Keep me posted!
I think the smallest unit of funk is the funkotron, though it can be split at high energies emitting a get down onion and a saxon.