Installations + Experiences
Accessing Alim, 2019
A 52:36 audio loop of a conversation with my friend Michael J. Braxton aka RromeAlone who is currently housed at NC Central Prison on death row. What does it mean to do the labor to listen in? It includes the bad connection tones at the top that actually occurred during the call. It was setup that my voice came out of the loud speaker and his voice was only accessible via the phone (see attached photos). Included is the letter we had written to the listener. Make sure you are wearing headphones when you play this back.
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Sound & Experience Designer | Michael Anthony Betts II
*low quality for the web
stars.AFLAME!, 2019
A film short loop and installation about the missing history of indigenous and black bodies from the history books. Using deconstructed pages of history books a viewer is forced to choose to watch the film projected against the back of the pages or to read the history as written.
Director, Video, & Editor | Michael Anthony Betts II
Dancing in the Key of Isolation, 2020
An interactive Collaborative Social Distancing Experiment. Add three tracks to the playlist and pass it on to at least one person. Always listen on shuffle. Developed in collaboration with Xaris Martínez to cope with the social ramifications of COVID-19.
Experience Designer | Michael Anthony Betts, II Experience Collaborator | Xaris Martínez Experience Curator | The Global Community