Dragon Turtle Almanac - LSE 015 cd/lp
Release Date: Nov. 10 2009
Stream Album/Order: Here
As with the recorded material, the artwork for Almanac was an ambitious affair. While pouring through Robert Smithson books and obsessing with art that evokes a sort of entropy, team turtle decided to create a double helix staircase made up of books, then setting the sculpture on fire, using this as the basis for the cover of the album. Results proved far greater than imagined. The process itself is central to the
art.
the sculpture
The flame-bound double helix inspired by Smithson's Piece Island of Broken Glass (also a track title on Almanac)
spiral on fire
words and ashes
Tom and Brian dropping the scanner directly into the ashes and scanning away. Another happy accident, the scans ended up producing what almost looked like topographic maps.
*you may view more photos at our flickr page.
1 comment:
hey this is de Jesus. i want dragon to play while i read at the release party for my book. we've done this a couple times and this time we could get it seriously right on. lemme know. it'll be at kyle page's book store in emmaus sometime in may. lets do this please, ok?
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