as a poet uses paint; 135 mentions of Dylan Thomas for keyboard and tape

2020 | 34’30

keyboard, tape

Commissioned by the National Library of Wales for Unlocking Our Sound Heritage 2020

In the 1960s Colin Edwards interviewed three people - Alfred Janes, Jennie Ethel Ross, and Ronald Cour - about their mutual friend, poet Dylan Thomas. Each interview paints a slightly different picture of Thomas, and by listening to all three we get a more fully realised image.

All three interviews are approximately the same length. This led me to compare the distribution of the content, and in particular the instances when someone mentions Dylan by name. Isolating these mentions produced some interesting shapes and patterns, that are then reflected in the keyboard.

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