'Distortion 1' is the first in a series of pieces which explore
the idea that 'all history is the history of man', as Allen
Wheelis puts it, and that, to quote Nietzsche, 'there are no
facts, only interpretations.' All information is distorted,
filtered by the mind.
In 2012, Rupert Murdoch was interviewed by the Leveson Inquiry.
The questions related to a period of 30 years. The QC used a
method for the major part of the interview in which he would make
a suggestion regarding some speculation, rumour or implication and
ask for Murdoch's opinion of whether or not it was true, false,
possibly true, may have happened, etc. Rupert Murdoch was
essentially being asked to give an opinion of other people's
opinions of himself. He was being asked to further distort a
distortion.
What the Inquiry wanted to get at was whether Murdoch had used
social pragmatics to manipulate a kind of courtship with several
governments, to orchestrate a mutually beneficial situation. The
analogy was made that this came about like a pirouette; that there
were no negotiations, but rather an understanding was reached
which meant that Murdoch and each successive Prime Minister would
help one another. They looked after his business interests while
he made their policies palatable for the public, via 'The Sun'
newspaper.
I recorded all 10 hours of this interview and broke parts of it
out into 180 samples, which I spread over the notes of two
keyboards. I then composed the piece, orchestrating Murdoch's
disconnected language as sound. A pirouette did eventually emerge.
Clay Gold

Distortion 1

Edited sound from the Wikileaks release 'Collateral Murder' in dual mono with Charlie Brown and friends...

Distortion 2 (Collateral Happiness)

A 5 second recording of some bubbles in the spring at the source of the Thames - stretched into 5 minutes long and processed with resonating filters...

Processed Source

""Information of Human Origin is to be forthwith considered as Opinion, rather than Fact. From The Bible to The Sun on Sunday, all accumulated information must be processed as Human Invention and not as Acquired Knowledge. This mass of Opinion is therefore to be considered not relevant to an individuals experience of life and must no longer be the focus of the Education System."

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