Communities: Salem, global
Launched: 1 global collection of art
Engaged: 25,000 YouTube views
Involved: 7 IU students, 1 JsoM faculty
Summary
Twisted Spruce is a global collection of musicians celebrating “no artist left behind.” The 2020 project, Parts, Together, featured 100 guitarists from twenty-four different countries. The resulting video was selected for the Waterford Film Festival (Ireland) and won best Experimental Short at the 2022 World Music and Independent Film Festival (Washington DC). The 2021 World Ensemble underscores a message of global community, diversity, and #BuildingTogether. Intersecting with both high school and elementary students, project director and guitarist Nathan Fischer collected audio samples from older students and drawings from the younger kids. These audio clips are being compiled with samples from musical artists around the world and will be set to an animation created from the students’ drawings. Twisted Spruce’s second project, A Falling Loop, has also invited students from Las Vegas, Washington, D.C., and L.A., and features a composition by IU alumni Miles Jefferson Friday; audio engineer Jamie Tagg will be compiling and editing submitted audio clips for his second project with the group.
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JSoM Students Involved:
Carlos Bedoya
Niokla Begovich
Nelson Garza
Ye Ran
Jack Osborne
Alexander Lassa
Fangfang Liu
Others Involved:
Nathan Fisher
Miles Friday
Chia-Hsin Lee
Bonnie Trueblood
Washington YMCA