Stipe explained that each object represented a crucial, transitional moment: "The radio alarm clock changed forever the fragile state between sleeping and waking, allowing you to wake to your favourite radio station." The Polaroid brought about a revolution in photography, while tapes "altered forever the influence of radio as the individual became their own disc jockey."
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Tuesday, 1 July 2008
REM singer turns to heavy metal
Enigmatic REM singer Michael Stipe is trying his hand at being an artist. A collection of bronze works by Stipe, who studied art at the University of Georgia, are being displayed for a month at the Rogan clothes shop in New York, which opens this week. The bronze pieces, which are not for sale, take the form of Polaroid cameras, a cassette tape and even a clock radio.
