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Exercise: Golden Record
The Golden Record consists of 115 analog-encoded photographs, greetings in 55 languages, a 12-minute montage of sounds on Earth and 90 minutes of music.
What is on Voyager's Golden Record?, Smithsonian Magazine
Taking inspiration from the Golden Record time capsules designed to be read by alien life and created by NASA for the Voyager spacecrafts, we will create our own Golden Records using LightScribe CD technology. However, rather than trying to create a record that describes all of humanity, you will make records that describe a sub-culture, phenomena, or taxonomy that is of partciular interest to you.
Deliverables
- cover art for CD jewelcase describing your CD's content
- cd etching art to be engraved onto your CD
- audio files totalling a minimum of 9 minutes and maximum of 80 minutes
Schedule
Step 1 – Collect
Collect signs and symbols
due: Sep 13
Step 2 – Synthesize
Collect signs and symbols
due: Sep 20
Post-Project – Inscription Chris and Jaja will burn and inscribe your CDs