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Thurston Moore
American, born 1958
1998
A limited-edition compact disc release by Thurston Moore presented in a cardboard-and-paper sleeve that treats a collection of remixed guitar pieces as a tactile art object as well as a recording.
It reads like a DIY collage: a raw brown die-cut cardboard mount frames the pale CD hub, an orange label lists tracks in compact type, and the whole assembly sits in a white protective sleeve punctuated by a small, upside-down “Made in Great Britain” tag, giving a deliberate low‑fi, handcrafted feel.
The piece exemplifies a late‑1990s tendency among experimental musicians to make physical releases into art objects, linking underground guitar experimentation to visual design and underscoring the cultural value of tangible media even as music moved toward digital formats.
Medium
CD
Dimensions
dimensions vary
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Credit
Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Accession
854.2013.182
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