“War Dialer,“ an ambient animation by Bob Jaroc and Plaid

BB post: Today’s Boing Boing Video episode is an ambient piece by animator/filmmaker Bob Jaroc and the band Plaid. “War Dialer,“ which references phone phreaking and early proto-hackery through a non-narrative, droning flow of sound and speech-babble, was originally created as an 8-channel audio-only installation in a bandstand on Brighton seafront as part of the Sonic Sea Air project, ten years ago. Jaroc says, “Plaid and i began to use it as a visual piece around the time we started to play surround sound gigs, as it served as a good visual and sonic introduction to the idea that the images on screen were related to the spacial audio.“ I suggest replaying the piece in the background a few times, and droning out to it while you work. Music taken from Plaid’s Greedy Baby album.