The Message
Kinetic Sound Sculpture By: David Ellis + Roberto Carlos Lange
Song and Lyrics by:
Ed "Duke Bootee" Fletcher
Grandmaster Melle Mel
Bobby Robinson
Video by: Greg Slagle

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From VOA December 18 2007

"One gallery from New York City had a moving sculpture called “The Message” by David Ellis and Roberto Lange. You could hear the work before you could actually see it.

(SOUND)

“The Message” consists of a processor that controls a typewriter and a box of bottles and paint cans. The typewriter writes out the words of a song onto paper while a drum instrument hits glass and metal objects to create a beat. Listen as one of the artists explains more.

ROBERTO LANGE:

“My name is Roberto Lange. The piece is called “The Message” and it is based on the Grandmaster Flash song “The Message.” So, it types out the lyrics and keeps the lyrics in tempo of the beat. The piece was made by David Ellis and myself. David Ellis he put the whole sculpture together and did the whole concept and I did the musical composition aspect of it.”