DJ Spooky Mixes Media to Spark Thought | National Geographic

I’d like to think of music not just as

I’d like to think of music not just as music but as information it can tell the

music but as information it can tell the

music but as information it can tell the world anything we live in a data-driven

world anything we live in a data-driven

world anything we live in a data-driven society I wanted to make music that

society I wanted to make music that

society I wanted to make music that reflects that music has a very beautiful

reflects that music has a very beautiful

reflects that music has a very beautiful relationship to all of the things that

relationship to all of the things that

relationship to all of the things that shape modern ideas about time space

shape modern ideas about time space

shape modern ideas about time space geography as a DJ my tools are

geography as a DJ my tools are

geography as a DJ my tools are information could you actually take a

information could you actually take a

information could you actually take a conversation with a scientist and turn

conversation with a scientist and turn

conversation with a scientist and turn it into a string quartet

it into a string quartet

it into a string quartet could you take topography of shattered

could you take topography of shattered

could you take topography of shattered glaciers and turn that into composition

climate changes a very profound thing

climate changes a very profound thing facing us when I think the arts have a

facing us when I think the arts have a

facing us when I think the arts have a very important role to play in that you

very important role to play in that you

very important role to play in that you can make it beautiful you can make it

can make it beautiful you can make it

can make it beautiful you can make it interesting you can make it immersive

interesting you can make it immersive

interesting you can make it immersive the artists role is not to say hey this

the artists role is not to say hey this

the artists role is not to say hey this is interesting but to grab you by the

is interesting but to grab you by the

is interesting but to grab you by the scruff of the neck and say you can’t

scruff of the neck and say you can’t

scruff of the neck and say you can’t live life without thinking a different

live life without thinking a different

live life without thinking a different way about this another world is possible

digital media’s becomes a basic

digital media’s becomes a basic vocabulary of how people experience

vocabulary of how people experience

vocabulary of how people experience everything art and music and science and

everything art and music and science and

everything art and music and science and technology to me are not separate things