Driving can be quite a maddening experience in Los Angeles. But can it become something else, something beautiful? What if our car horns became instruments of love? That is intent behind the third movement of the Entropy Symphony, the brainchild of Zefrey Throwell, a New York-based, multi-disciplinary artist and self-proclaimed “troublemaker.” This large scale performance includes 1,000 car horns diffused across the streets of Los Angeles at 6:00PM on February 15 (today) for five minutes.
How it works:
1. email info@nomadicdivision.org
2. receive an MP3 based on the pitch of your horn (each make/model is grouped to perform various parts)
3. play along with the MP3 from 6:00-6:05pm wherever you happened to be in the city
4. record your performance for inclusion on zefrey.com and in future public exhibitions around the world
5. et voilà, you are part of the one of the largest symphonies in history
Background: Entropy, the second law of physics, historically has been viewed as the “law of disorder.” In 2010, thefirstmovement had 75 performers create five minutes of chaos throughout the 6 levels of the Whitney Museum in New York. This symphony was played via the security guards’ walkie talkies as they responded to 25 “emergencies” simultaneously. Last winter, thesecondmovement organized 100 people evenly throughout downtown Berlin to play air horns for again, five minutes. Each horn was tuned to a different note, and each person received sheet music with timed notes. The city became the instrument, the “resonating chamber” singing a song to its people.
