Thinkbox is a self-curating media collective, created to explore
technological works and contemporary media in relation to both gallery and
commercial distribution networks. Thinkbox reflects the varied interests of
its members. As an enterprise, it is centred on the exploration and
innovative use of material and technique to produce works that develop
complex questions to simplified answers about art, technology, and the
nature of multi-media creation.

Guitar finds the collective Thinkbox exploring the fertile landscape of mixing laptops with guitars in distinct, innovative ways.

The challenge in undertaking this project was to derive, through the use of computers and signal processing, new ways of looking at the well-established tradition of the guitar. Each member of the collective took on the private task of coaxing a body of ‘sound sources’ from what is arguably still the mainstream music industry’s most popular instrument. Then each participating artist developed their own process to recontextualize the modern guitar sound.

CHRISTOPHER BISSONNETTE

1. Ciel de velours noir:Edit 1

BILL VAN LOO

2. Slowly Growing Dark

STEVE ROY

3. Mind Bend

MARK LALIBERTE

4. Strum

ROB THEAKSTON

5. Insomnia

MARK LALIBERTE

6. Went Back To The City

BILL VAN LOO

7. From Rich Soil

CHRISTOPHER BISSONNETTE

8. Ciel de velours noir:Edit 2

CHRIS MCNAMARA

9. Chalmers & Outer Drive

STEVE ROY

10. Winter’s End

MARK LALIBERTE

11. No Not Note

CHRIS MCNAMARA

12. Et Puis (And Then…)