SERIES: Red Crystal Palace

Summary:

RED CRYSTAL PALACE is a mobile tent with a crystal ball inside, operated by a nurse seeking predictions about the future from people on the street.

Website:

http://redcrystal.fereshteh.net

Additional Credits and Funding:

AUDIO ENGINEERING: Shelly Steffens
Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago

MUSIC: Paul Bonneau - Preambule No. 37, Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air, Farsheed Toosi - Glasscutter, Fleetwood Mac - Crystal

Shelly Steffens and Fereshteh Toosi on waterphone and synthesizer
with a remix by Charlie Gokey

THANK YOU: Robin Amer, John Biewen, Donald Braman, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke, Vince Gallegos, Charlie Gokey, Robin Hewlett, Allan Hovland, Lou Mallozzi, Griselda Mendoza, Multimediale artists and organizers, Mahyar Nili, Prelinger Archive, Provisions Library and staff, Siobhan Rigg, Jacob Ross, Don Russell, Jesse Seay, Farsheed Toosi, Niels Van Tomme, Jeff Young

This project was made possible by the Artists Residency Program at Experimental Sound Studio, a program funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Timely on:

November 06: great for 08 election year soft feature

Tones:

Humorous, Political, Unconventional

Language:

English

Description:

RED CRYSTAL PALACE is a mobile tent with a crystal ball inside, operated by a nurse seeking predictions about the future from people on the street. In exchange, the nurse shares free tea and red crystals with participants.

INTERVIEWS RECORDED IN 2007: Chicago on 26 March and 21 July, Los Angeles on 7 April, Washington DC on 6 May. First edit was broadcast in Washington DC on a short-range AM station in late April and throughout the summer. Thank you to everyone who participated in the interviews.

PRODUCED BY FERESHTEH TOOSI 2007 ✸ http://fereshteh.net

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