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Anyone who can see the drawing and recall the melody can perform the whistlegraph. The score teaches you how to play it. + +\begin{figure}[h] +\centering +\includegraphics[width=0.85\linewidth]{butterfly-cosplayer-score} +\caption{``I'm a Butterfly (Cosplayer)''---the graphic score that launched the viral cycle.} +\label{fig:butterfly} +\end{figure} + This self-documenting property distinguishes the whistlegraph from other graphic scores in experimental music~\citep{magnusson2010designing}. Cage's or Cardew's graphic scores require interpretation---a performer must decide what the visual marks mean musically. A whistlegraph requires no interpretation. The relationship between mark and sound is one-to-one, established during the original performance and preserved in the recording. The score is not a prompt for improvisation; it is a set of precise instructions disguised as a picture. \subsection{Duration and Constraint} @@ -151,7 +159,17 @@ Rhizome ArtBase & Permanent accession & 2022 \\ The institutional trajectory is notable for its speed: from TikTok tutorials to a Rhizome/New Museum commission in under two years. The Rhizome commission~\citep{rhizome2022longest}---part of the First Look series co-presented with the New Museum---included a live chalk performance, a 22-minute 4K video, token-gated manuscripts and recordings on IPFS, and workshops for ages 13--18 in Queens (supported by Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation). The work was accessioned into Rhizome's ArtBase, placing a TikTok-native art form in the same collection as net art by Olia Lialina and JODI. -The Feral File exhibition~\citep{feralfile2022ten}---ten whistlegraphs as ERC-721 tokens, each including video performance, graphic score, and curated TikTok selections---sold 45 editions. It was also shown at Taipei Dangdai alongside Art Blocks and Outland. +The Feral File exhibition~\citep{feralfile2022ten}---ten whistlegraphs as ERC-721 tokens, each including video performance, graphic score, and curated TikTok selections---sold 45 editions. + +\begin{figure}[h] +\centering +\includegraphics[width=0.45\linewidth]{butterfly-cosplayer-score} +\includegraphics[width=0.45\linewidth]{time-to-grow-score}\\[0.2em] +\includegraphics[width=0.45\linewidth]{loner-score} +\includegraphics[width=0.45\linewidth]{puzzle-score} +\caption{Four of the ten Feral File scores. Top: Butterfly Cosplayer, Time to Grow. Bottom: Loner, Puzzle.} +\label{fig:feral-scores} +\end{figure} It was also shown at Taipei Dangdai alongside Art Blocks and Outland. A 60-page zine, edited by Asher Penn (\emph{Sex Magazine}), was published in an edition of 750 copies in June 2023. It included interviews with all three trio members and an essay by Jacob Ciocci (Paper Rad) titled ``The Butterfly Effect / Rules Set You Free''~\citep{ciocci2023butterfly}, connecting the whistlegraph to Paper Rad's legacy of rule-based, community-generated art. diff --git a/papers/arxiv-whistlegraph/whistlegraph.tex b/papers/arxiv-whistlegraph/whistlegraph.tex index a3f8ce9f20..1ce94f09be 100644 --- a/papers/arxiv-whistlegraph/whistlegraph.tex +++ b/papers/arxiv-whistlegraph/whistlegraph.tex @@ -126,6 +126,14 @@ A whistlegraph has three simultaneous layers: The finished drawing serves as a \emph{graphic score}---a visual document that encodes all the information needed to reproduce the performance. Anyone who can see the drawing and recall the melody can perform the whistlegraph. The score teaches you how to play it. + +\begin{figure}[h] +\centering +\includegraphics[width=0.9\linewidth]{butterfly-cosplayer-score} +\caption{``I'm a Butterfly (Cosplayer)''---the graphic score that launched the viral cycle. Four strokes, four sung lines, one memorizable image.} +\label{fig:butterfly} +\end{figure} + This self-documenting property distinguishes the whistlegraph from other graphic scores in experimental music~\citep{magnusson2010designing}. Cage's or Cardew's graphic scores require interpretation---a performer must decide what the visual marks mean musically. A whistlegraph requires no interpretation. The relationship between mark and sound is one-to-one, established during the original performance and preserved in the recording. The score is not a prompt for improvisation; it is a set of precise instructions disguised as a picture. \subsection{Duration and Constraint} @@ -188,7 +196,23 @@ Rhizome ArtBase & Permanent accession & 2022 \\ The institutional trajectory is notable for its speed: from TikTok tutorials to a Rhizome/New Museum commission in under two years. The Rhizome commission~\citep{rhizome2022longest}---part of the First Look series co-presented with the New Museum---included a live chalk performance, a 22-minute 4K video, token-gated manuscripts and recordings on IPFS, and workshops for ages 13--18 in Queens (supported by Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation). The work was accessioned into Rhizome's ArtBase, placing a TikTok-native art form in the same collection as net art by Olia Lialina and JODI. -The Feral File exhibition~\citep{feralfile2022ten}---ten whistlegraphs as ERC-721 tokens, each including video performance, graphic score, and curated TikTok selections---sold 45 editions. It was also shown at Taipei Dangdai alongside Art Blocks and Outland. +The Feral File exhibition~\citep{feralfile2022ten}---ten whistlegraphs as ERC-721 tokens, each including video performance, graphic score, and curated TikTok selections---sold 45 editions. + +\begin{figure*}[t] +\centering +\includegraphics[width=0.19\textwidth]{butterfly-cosplayer-score} +\includegraphics[width=0.19\textwidth]{time-to-grow-score} +\includegraphics[width=0.19\textwidth]{i-dont-need-an-iphone-score} +\includegraphics[width=0.19\textwidth]{lately-when-i-fly-score} +\includegraphics[width=0.19\textwidth]{loner-score}\\[0.3em] +\includegraphics[width=0.19\textwidth]{mommy-wow-score} +\includegraphics[width=0.19\textwidth]{people-pleaser-score} +\includegraphics[width=0.19\textwidth]{slinky-dog-score} +\includegraphics[width=0.19\textwidth]{puzzle-score} +\includegraphics[width=0.19\textwidth]{whats-inside-your-heart-score} +\caption{The ten graphic scores from the Feral File exhibition \emph{Ten Whistlegraphs} (2022). Each score encodes a complete performance: drawing, melody, and lyrics. Top row, left to right: Butterfly Cosplayer, Time to Grow, I Don't Need an iPhone, Lately When I Fly, Loner. Bottom row: Mommy Wow, People Pleaser, Slinky Dog, Puzzle, What's Inside Your Heart.} +\label{fig:ten-scores} +\end{figure*} It was also shown at Taipei Dangdai alongside Art Blocks and Outland. A 60-page zine, edited by Asher Penn (\emph{Sex Magazine}), was published in an edition of 750 copies in June 2023. It included interviews with all three trio members and an essay by Jacob Ciocci (Paper Rad) titled ``The Butterfly Effect / Rules Set You Free''~\citep{ciocci2023butterfly}, connecting the whistlegraph to Paper Rad's legacy of rule-based, community-generated art. diff --git a/system/public/papers.aesthetic.computer/platter.html b/system/public/papers.aesthetic.computer/platter.html index ba796db478..07c048e57e 100644 --- a/system/public/papers.aesthetic.computer/platter.html +++ b/system/public/papers.aesthetic.computer/platter.html @@ -315,6 +315,86 @@ + +
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Whistlegraph

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Paper & Cards
+ Whistlegraph '26 — Drawing, Singing, and the Graphic Score as Viral Form (arXiv, 4pp) + Whistlegraph '26 — Cards format + Dansk + Español + 中文 +
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Graphic Scores (10 — Feral File edition, 2022)
+ Butterfly Cosplayer png + Time to Grow png + I Don't Need an iPhone png + Lately When I Fly png + Loner png + Mommy Wow png + People Pleaser png + Slinky Dog png + Puzzle png + What's Inside Your Heart png +
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Performance Videos
+ Butterfly Cosplayer mp4 + Time to Grow mp4 + I Don't Need an iPhone mp4 + Lately When I Fly mp4 + Loner mp4 + Mommy Wow mp4 + People Pleaser mp4 + Slinky Dog mp4 + Puzzle mp4 + What's Inside Your Heart mp4 +
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TikTok Compilations
+ Butterfly Cosplayer compilation mp4 + Time to Grow compilation mp4 + I Don't Need an iPhone compilation mp4 + Lately When I Fly compilation mp4 + Loner compilation mp4 + Mommy Wow compilation mp4 + People Pleaser compilation mp4 + Slinky Dog compilation mp4 + Puzzle compilation mp4 + What's Inside Your Heart compilation mp4 +
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Album
+ Music 2 Whistlegraph 2 — intro video mp4 + Music 2 Whistlegraph 2 — cover webp + Music 2 Whistlegraph 2 — spines webp +
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Pieces (AC Runtime)
+ wg.mjs Hub — practice, record, learn + wgr.mjs Recorder — real-time stroke drawing + audio capture + whistlegraph.mjs Launcher/router + whistlegraph-cards.js Interactive card viewer (Feral File edition) +
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Context
+ Form invented 2019 · Trio: Jeffrey Alan Scudder, Alex Freundlich, Camille Klein (2020–2023) + 2.6M TikTok followers · Rhizome / New Museum commission (2022) · Feral File exhibition (2022, 45 ed.) + Zine: 60pp, ed. Asher Penn (Sex Magazine), essay by Jacob Ciocci (Paper Rad), 750 copies (2023) + Studio album: Music 2 Whistlegraph 2 (Dec 2022, prod. Charlie Kamin-Allen) + Trio separated Nov 2023 · Form feeds directly into AC's piece model and prompt-as-instrument metaphor + Merle Nunneley — article on Whistlegraphs (UCL London) txt +
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