US National Anthem on 7 Credit Card Machines
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXZGsqy-sRA
Quelle idée fantastique de faire interpréter l’hymne nationale des USA par des lecteurs de cartes de crédit ! C’est moins harmonieux que Money des Pink Floyd et moins sensationnel que Jimi Hendrix à Woodstock, mais c’est l’expression parfaite de l’esprit de notre époque. En même temps c’est un peu désuet à cause de l’avènement du paiement sans contact ;-)
Device Orchestra
Premiere am 02.03.2019
My alternative to floppy disk music: credit card machine music! The devices play the national anthem of the USA by printing paper.
It took some time to find some other odd instruments that can play the US anthem as well as floppy drives. Finally, the solution was credit card machines. They use stepper motors to move the thermal paper. Just like floppy drives use stepper motors to move the magnetic read/write head.
Thanks to the stepper motors card machines can be tuned accurately, but I’m also happy with the fact that the machines actually do something clearly visible while playing the notes. Even the thermal paper itself adds a cool visual effect. But creative use of the paper also makes many kinds of choreographies possible.
See also my other credit card machine music videos!
