MY CAT IS AN ALIEN
'Noise As You Need'
Art Object
Private Art Edition of 6 copies.
2xCD-R in a facsimile, nonfunctional reproduction of one of My Cat Is
An Alien's electronic musical effects, completely designed and handcrafted
by Maurizio and Roberto Opalio.
Description of the art object:
- 14 x 25 x 3,5 cm heavy cardboard box, assembled and covered with professional
American tape;
- body structure and electronic circuit designed and handmade by Maurizio
Opalio, using wires, jack connector, control knob; - look design by
Roberto Opalio, using American tape and My Cat Is An Alien's sticker;
title and writes handwritten in permanent ink on surface by the artist;
- plugged-in, original My Cat Is An Alien's jack cable used during their
live performances;
- back panel handstamped, handnumbered and signed by the artists; with
full liner notes sticker.
Contents:
- 2 highest quality Japanese CD-Rs, containing two complete and previously
unreleased live recordings performed by My Cat Is An Alien respectively
in Lausanne (CH - théâtre Le Bourg, 23/5/2013) and Brussels
(BE - Recyclart, 31/5/2013);
- each disc's onbody handwritten by Roberto Opalio.
Personnel:
Maurizio Opalio | self-made string instrument
Roberto Opalio | wordless vocalizations, re-assembled electronics, alientronics
Edition concept and design by Maurizio and Roberto
Opalio.
Copyright MMXIII My Cat Is An Alien. All rights
reserved.
Published in June 2013 by Opax Editions. Manufactured in Western Alps.