In diesem Weblog wurde bereits auf ein Festival hingewiesen, das sich in Zeiten des Ablebens ("Now you are a dead media, looked up on Wikipedia") des Overheadprojektors mit "The art of the Overhead" beschäftigte. Auf der Webseite der Wiener Künstlergruppe Monochrom-lässt sich nun ein "Farewell to Overhead" als mp3-File anhören bzw. runterladen (Viel Spass! wirklich komisch):

Farewell To Overhead

When I was a little boy going to school
Everbody had this thing in use
It told us about history
It told us of democracy
It told us about how this world would be

Mostly you were stored aside
You stood there dreamingly and sighed
You did not even look too good
But everything was understood
Your apparatusness did shine
You waited humble and offline
But then they switched you on and went
On to some things to understand

Photosynthesis
and foreign places
Penis and vagina,
USA and Canada
Overhead was where it all was at

Overhead
You really drove us mad
You weren't all that bad
On the walls we read
What they wanted to teach
What they wanted to preach
It’s over

Now you are dead media
Looked up on wikipedia
Not even the collector’s scene does care
But in this world of powerpoint
I miss you still my dear old "freund"
Overhead is why my mind’s so sad

Urbanization
Overpopulation
The origins of life
1945
Overhead was where it all was at

Overhead
You really drove us mad
You weren't all that bad
On the walls we read
What they wanted to teach
What they wanted to preach
It’s over

Overhead
I can’t believe you’re dead
Is there a chance to get
You back again tonight
To shed your light


Lyrics, basic composition, corrections: Schneider, Wientzek, Fürlinger/Bradley
Vocals: Grenzfurthner, Oliver Hangl
Solo: Polmanova
Discotizer and Producer: Matthias Kertal


-------------------- "Looked up on Wikipedia" ---------------------
Wikipedia (engl.) Overhead projector
Wikipedia (dt.) Tageslichtprojektor
Widipedia (franz.) le rétroprojecteur (etwas dünn)
Beispiel für einen aktuellen Hersteller

"The art of the overhead"
lautet der Titel einer Webseite und eines kleinen Festivals in Kopenhagen/Dänemark, das ein Medium ehren will, das in Zeiten digitaler Reproduktion schon fast vergessen ist:
der overhead-projektor.

Vgl. a. Adresscomptoir