ambience in extended commercial melodies

[diablatomica <diablatomica@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

just recently, as a part of an art project for school, i had to engage in the stylings of "pop art".  not so much into the typical factions of andy warhol's ways, but more so into another artist's (i shamefully forget his name right now) methods of enlarging everyday objects into huge sculptures and pieces.

there were previous works in this course such as a large lipton tea bag, hard rock cafe matchsticks, and a tampax tampon.  i decided to "enlarge" something quite commercial also and so i chose the Nabisco Theme.  i recorded the melody (in a slightly different key from the original) which turned out to be 2.23 seconds.  multiplied by 1000 it was 37min and 1.7 seconds.  i labeled it as "An exploration into the aesthetics of ambience in extended commercial melodies".  all throughout this process i felt guilty knowing someone would put some sweat into their work actually sculpting some huge piece, but i felt it was important to point out the other aspects of pop art.

the response was better than i anticipated.  its long droning sine tones and several minutes of silence didnt seem to deter them as much as i feared.

a question brought up by this was whether or not such an lengthy piece of work can in anyway be compared to the original.  i dont believe it is the "Nabisco Theme" any longer.  its length (which draws attention to the sound itself) now denotes its significance.  can it still be the ""Nabisco Theme"?

---- estevan carlos
http://www.co-records.com