SONG CYCLE

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Created by artist , Song Cycle is a kinetic sign, describing a world of music through ever-evolving poetry.

Part imagined, part remembered, and part observed, Song Cycle’s text is continually inscribed and reinscribed by a 256-character split-flap sign reminiscent of the arrival and departure boards found in 20th C transit hubs. The mechanical sign serves as both a musical timekeeper—a metronome setting the tempo for the evolving scores—and an indicator of travel, drawing attention to the liminality of the concert hall lobby.

Song Cycle utilizes code-driven randomization to produce its never-ending song. The scores are a product of chance – at turns somber, mundane, poetic, and humorous.