Elevator Music 7: Billboard
R. Luke DuBois
Exhibitions, March 11, 2006 through June 4, 2006
Billboard is a digital analysis of every number one single from the Billboard magazine's Hot 100 chart from its inception in 1958 through the year 2000. Using a technique he developed called time-lapse phonography, R. Luke DuBois creates a spectral average of each song that generates a sustained chord of an average timbre or tone. The results are recomposed into a continious piece based on their duration at the top of the charts, with one second of playback for each week the song was number one.
Billboard creates a bird's-eye view of the Billboard Hot 100 by enabling the listener to experience 857 songs in about thirty-seven minutes. The duration of an average elevator ride corresponds roughly to a year of hits. The video monitor displays the song title and artist for the currently playing modified single.
2005, 36 Minutes, Audio/video installation, Courtesy of the artist
Billboard creates a bird's-eye view of the Billboard Hot 100 by enabling the listener to experience 857 songs in about thirty-seven minutes. The duration of an average elevator ride corresponds roughly to a year of hits. The video monitor displays the song title and artist for the currently playing modified single.
2005, 36 Minutes, Audio/video installation, Courtesy of the artist