[The User] are a Canadian artist collective, formed by Thomas McIntosh and Emmanuel Madan. As they write on their website, “[The User] inhabits the trailing edge of technology”, focussing on alternate uses for obsolete technology. Their most famous work Symphony for Dot Matrix Printers was recently sampled by Radiohead in their excellent radiohead.tv. The work involves the sequencing of multiple dot matrix printers to produce rhythmic patterns of noises. Video and MP3 samples are available on the website.
Their most recent work Silophone opens interaction up to users anywhere in the world through a web interface. ‘Users’ can upload sound files to a server and trigger their playback into a giant empty silo. The resulting sounds are then streamed back to the user via realaudio.
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