an agency working for microsoft sent brian eno that brief when he was, in his words, quite lost
in his own work. he thought it was funny, and an amazing thing to try: it’s like making a tiny little jewel.
he made 84 little pieces, and one became the sound windows 95 played as it started.
he wrote it on a mac. and afterwards, going back to pieces three minutes long, it seemed like oceans of time.
the print made for this storyno. 498, eighty four tiny jewels84 rough crystals and one cut jewel, engraved ink drawing, smoky grey and charcoal on cream · see the print
also made for this storyno. 499, every byteevery byte of a sound file in tiny type, data typography, cobalt and brick red on cream · see the print
also made for this storyno. 500, every byte cornerrows of hex bytes from a sound file, square code, cobalt and brick red on cream · see the print