Look (FFEBCD)

Look (FFEBCD) 

Shortlisted for the HeaSay prize (2014), Look (FFEBCD) uses the hexadecimal JavaScript colour value of blancedalmond as inspiration for a sonnet. 

I used crowdsourcing to recruit a group of people willing to record themselves speaking, rapping, singing or vocalizing the text. Using electroacoustic editing techniques I produced many short audio clips which I assembled into a gamescore that can be performed in a web browser. Inspired by Christopher Small and musicking, this work encourages anyone to take part in the creation of sound space.

It is available online at: 

http://fitchsounds.com/Look/Look.html

Look, I'm sorry, I know it's beige.

It'll warm if you have time to gaze.

Think of it more as a blanchedalmond,

Changing in hue with the light.

Try it now, up in hyperspace,

There's always the power given in backspace.

Trust the strength in it’s own understatement,

It'll sit with the line of sight.

This selection is straight from the database.

Fitting the dial and perfect in shortwave.

Alternative to the delicate hue

Is the thought that it will bring calm.

Giving out some gentle bright,

A glow that is good for the payment.

Thanks to:  Barbara Lueneburg, Barry Lowe, Brian Brennan, Brian Conniffe, Eileen Leahy, Lynda Cosgrove, Marie McStay, Robyn Bromfield.