This is a remix of the Wikipedia Art project. The piece is based around two cells, one of which spells "Wikipedia", presented in the winds/brass/harp/celesta/percussion which has a blocklike, rather-mandarin quality. The other cell spells out "Art" and is in the strings, and has a more active character. The two motives almost fit together, but the juxtaposition of B natural/B flat creates an inherent tension which causes them to repel, in the same way that Wikipedia Art was repelled from Wikipedia. The tympani part beginning around 1:00 is the musical illustration of a prominent Wikipedia editor who stated that he danced on the skulls of his opponents.
Original Music by Paul Wehage, Wikipedia Art Concept and Logo © Kildall and Stern, released under a Creative commons license.
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The story behind this piece will be part of a blogpost at Akahele to be posted this weekend.
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