Rutherford Chang recorded 100 vinyl copies of The Beatles’ self-titled white album and layered them on top of one another. The results are great — just listen to how haunting the opening of “Dear Prudence” has become, for example.
Rutherford Chang recorded 100 vinyl copies of The Beatles’ self-titled white album and layered them on top of one another. The results are great — just listen to how haunting the opening of “Dear Prudence” has become, for example.
Over at Dust & Grooves, Eilon Paz interviews Rutherford Chang about his exhibition “We Buy White Albums”:
My collection of White Albums is on display at Recess, a storefront art space in SoHo. It’s set up like a record store with the albums arranged in bins by serial number, and visitors are invited to browse and listen to the records. Except, rather than sell the albums, I am buying more. I currently have 693 copies.
I geeked out while reading this, as I’ve long admired these editions from afar. What a great idea. If I was in New York, I am sure I could spend hours looking at all of these.
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