{"id":11403,"date":"2016-10-17T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=11403"},"modified":"2016-10-18T08:34:09","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T08:34:09","slug":"this-ballot-box-is-actually-a-drum-machine-of-political-samples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/this-ballot-box-is-actually-a-drum-machine-of-political-samples\/","title":{"rendered":"This ballot box is actually a drum machine of political samples"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>The US elections are becoming almost unbearable to live through, so artist\/professor Mike Richison decided to transform this vintage voting machine into a beat maker.<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Video Voto Matic (updated documentation)\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/reiEx4DFDhA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Using an old hole-punch Votomatic voting machine Mike Richison has created a drum machine that uses samples from the 2016 elections run up to create unique rhythms. Richison created \u00a0&#8216;Video Voto Matic&#8217; as an art project, following other presidential-themed video art that he creates every four years from clips and sound bites during the U.S. elections.<\/p>\n<p>The Video Voto Matic retains the look and feel of it&#8217;s original voting machine however you can choose between samples\u00a0of Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, President Barack Obama and others to create a beat rather than the difficult choice of electing a president.<\/p>\n<p>Beats are created using a custom paper ballot which you can input your beat onto with a stylus and produce beats by punching holes in the various drum sound choices. The samples are taken from political talks using small sounds from the speaker like &#8220;t&#8221; and &#8220;s&#8221; sounds to create plosives that can be used in beats.<\/p>\n<p>Richison has taken his Video Voto Matic machines to various American cities, including exhibitions in New York and Washington D.C.. It&#8217;s most recent demonstration was on 14th Street in New York for the Art in Off Places public art festival.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the project and any other work by Mike Richison you can visit his website at:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikerichison.com\/\">www.mikerichison.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US elections are becoming almost unbearable to live through, so artist\/professor Mike Richison decided to transform this vintage voting machine into a beat maker. Using an old hole-punch Votomatic voting machine Mike Richison has created a drum machine that uses samples from the 2016 elections run up to create unique rhythms. Richison created \u00a0&#8216;Video Voto Matic&#8217; as an art project, following other presidential-themed video art that he creates every four years from clips and sound bites during the U.S. elections. 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