this piece gets more magical every time someone writes ill of it is a crowd-sourced work comprising music, text scores, and scripts. Anyone can send in digital files of A4 pages (instructions here) to contribute to an online bank of materials for performers to download freely from.
The ONLY deadlines are whenever the next performances are. There is no ultimate deadline! There are NO restrictions on style or content! There is NO limit to how much you can submit! NO fees! And NO judgement!
A performance of this piece… is a lottery for pianist and page-turner. Full details at www.james-whittle.co.uk/works/magicaleverytime
Here’s a video of the first performance by Ian Pace and James Whittle:
this piece… is on Twitter – search #magicaleverytime for updates!
‘this piece…’ was inspired by Kenneth Goldsmith’sPrinting Out the Internet – ‘a crowdsourced project to literally print out the entire internet’. The project was exhibited at LABOR, Mexico City, 26th July – 30th August 2013. The project sparked a petition against it in protest.
The title is taken from a tweet by @ksheely on 14th July 2013, replying to @internetprint, who had quoted one critic’s remark:
- “I don’t want my future children to live in a world with no
trees but with the printed-out internet.”
Thanks to Kent Sheely for kindly allowing the use of his tweet as the title, and to Kenneth Goldsmith for giving permission to use material posted on the Printing Out the Internet website for my own submissions.
