music and video from "The Instrument that is played by the Mind alone" by David Simons

music and video from "The Instrument that is played by the Mind alone" an opera by David Simons I was born (see lyrics) Genesis McLu (see lyrics) Flamenco Benyameen (see lyrics) Occupational Therapy D.Simons - Theremin triggered samples Rear View Mirror "We drive into the future using only our rear view mirror" . . . McLuhan The Ginormous Record The Text (pdf download) CREDITS: I Was Born: Charlie Reiman-vocals, Michael Suchorsky-drums, Flamenco Benyameen: D.Simons - voice; all other instruments - D.Simons The Talking Snowball live manipulation of sound by moving an image in front of a camera using MAX/VNS software. Performance October 19, 2012 Nevada Museum of Art, Reno for Prospectives '12 Digital Art Festival Opera within the Opera live singing and recitation of opera plots triggers real opera excerpts via interactive MAX programming. Vocalist: Lisa Karrer The Innocents, the Impossibility and the Insane Dark Matter meets MAX, Huysmans, Breton, the Insane, the Unachievable, the Secrets, the Jitter, warp in dimensions of interior madness, suspicion, and acceptance of the Confusionary David Simons/ media files/ Masters Thesis in Media Studies, The New School, NYC/ Dec 21, 2012