Asleep at the wheel..., by Janek Schaefer

Asleep at the wheel...

by Janek Schaefer

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	1.	Car 1 Radio 07:00
	2.	Car 2 Radio 05:00
	3.	Car 3 Radio 32:00
	4.	Car 4 Radio 24:41
	5.	Car 5 Radio 12:20
	6.	Car 6 Radio 18:22
	7.	Car 7 Radio 18:12
	8.	Car 8 Radio 09:12
	9.	Car 9 Radio 09:57
	10.	Car 10 Radio 10:00
	11.	Ghost Road 12:59
	12.	The 00:08
	13.	world 03:29
	14.	really 01:28
	15.	does 01:33
	16.	not 04:59
	17.	have 00:49
	18.	to 01:24
	19.	be 00:07
	20.	this 00:48
	21.	way 01:06
	22.	we 01:36
	23.	can 02:08
	24.	change 00:17
	25.	it 00:08
	26.	Wonderland 20:00
	27.	Asleep at the wheel.. audio tour 19:59 video
	28.	Asleep at the wheel.. BBC Radio 4 Interview 02:18 video

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"Asleep at the wheel…" is a thought provoking and immersive sound installation for multiple car radios, that contemplates our future. Exhibited in a vast disused supermarket, three-lanes of cars dissect the darkened interior, as the multiple hazard lights illuminate the space, revealing the finite road of our consumer driven daydream. 'More more more' is no longer a desirable destination.

You are invited to be a passenger in the back seats, as the in-car sound systems broadcast a collage of moving music and motivating sound-bites. On the return journey the Lay-by Library area encourages you to explore positive ways to improve our future together.

Society's pedal to the metal attitude to our world is not sustainable and is running out of road. We need to change gear, before we overtake ourselves . . . our windows of opportunity are slowly winding shut. Come and celebrate new beginnings.

The album collates the ten in car soundtracks featuring spoken word accounts and facts and opinions from other specialists. The glove box mixtape is a collection of the musics originally released by MDTS on cassette. Also included is a tape recorder journey around and through the installation, plus the BBC Radio4 interview on Front Row by Mark Lawson broadcast on my 40th birthday ! Several hours of music.

further info www.audioh.com/projects/asleepatthewheel.html

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released July 14, 2010

Installation commissioned by Bill Gee for the IF International Festival Milton Keynes. Exhibition produced by Simon Chatterton, with awesome assistance by Helen Innes [whenever else will i get a call in life to ask if the dozen confiscated cars she found will be and can be delivered within the week !!! Wow]

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Janek Schaefer England, UK

Sound Artist, Entertainer, Professor, Janek Schaefer trained as an Architect at the Royal College of Art, where he developed his focus on the relationship between sound, space and place. He has exhibited & performed in 30 countries worldwide, from The Tate Modern to The Sydney Opera House. The Bluecoat gallery exhibited a Retrospective of his career in 2009, & has released 39 album projects. ... more

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