Rewind, Remix, Replay.

(Photos by Mike Williams)

For the music lover, the design enthusiast and your inner anthropologist: Rewind, Remix, Replay. An exhibit, on view now at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, by guest curator Prasad Boradkar. Boradkar is a music enthusiast and an Associate Professor of Industrial Design at Arizona State University's Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.

From the exhibit's website:

Rewind Remix Replay: Design, Music & Everyday Experience showcases the role that design plays in shaping our experience of music. The devices on which we listen to music, the instruments musicians play, the images of bands and concerts we regularly see and the environments where we buy and listen to music together constitute a material culture of music.
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Most important, the objects and materials in this exhibition contain stories of our personal relationship to music. They have aided musicians in creating unique new sounds and have given fans and audiophiles access to musical genius in a variety of settings, which have in turn influenced the kind of music produced. They are signifiers of a constantly evolving audio culture − a culture that is visible in the chronicles of their design journeys and everyday use.

And, while I'm enjoying the snowscape of the Allegheny mountains, I'm sorely missing this event and opportunity to support and celebrate the fruits of a dear friend's hard work. So, Phoenicians, please go, enjoy and tell me all about it.