I'm launching a satellite to make music from the ionosphere. But what would that look like, in a dramatic sense? In an evocative sense?In a perfect world, I could just ask a couple of children to draw me their impression of what 'a satellite making music out of the ionosphere' would look like. Since we live in a perfect world, I did that.The absolute coolest thing to come out of this was a new Calliope tagphrase: 'Around the world in 48 beats'. 'Around the world in 48 Beats', by Ivyand
I'm launching a satellite to make music from the ionosphere. But what would that look like, in a dramatic sense? In an evocative sense?
In a perfect world, I could just ask a couple of children to draw me their impression of what 'a satellite making music out of the ionosphere' would look like. Since we live in a perfect world, I did that.
The absolute coolest thing to come out of this was a new Calliope tagphrase: 'Around the world in 48 beats'.
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'Around the world in 48 Beats', by Ivy |
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'Project Calliope', by Ivy |
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'Logo', by Max |
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'I can't draw', by Sandy |
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Alex
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