Paddy Johnson, friend of JBP and the illustrious editor of Art Fag City - recently initiated a very exciting Kickstarter campaign, with the ultimate goal of producing an album comprised of a variety of New York art sounds. Fittingly titled The Sound of Art, she describes the project as such:

For the past five years I’ve been looking at art and writing about what I see. But I’ve also been listening. Does art have a distinctive sound? Sometimes I think I could be in a remote cabin in Maine, and still instantly recognize the sound of an art video or a performance piece. Yet the things I hear in galleries and performance spaces don’t seem to share any formal qualities – they run the gamut from noise to melody, recitation to wordless grunts…The Sound of Art is a limited edition vinyl LP composed of sounds heard in New York galleries, museums, and project spaces over the last five years. Inspired by classic DJ battle records, it features forty tracks of diverse sounds culled from art video, performance footage, and kinetic sculptures. This is not an easy listening record. It's an audio document and a tool to create new sounds and new work.

For this particular project, Paddy has sweetened the deal by offering a number of contribution incentives – for starters, if you put in $20, you get a copy of The Sound of Art once it’s completed. Larger pledges beget larger rewards, including, but not limited to: tickets to the album's launch party, studio visits and gallery tours, original art and personalized haikus (!) by Paddy herself.

Now, a few words about Kickstarter for the unfamiliar: it's an innovative means by which anyone with a great idea can potentially realize creative projects that might otherwise be intimidating or even impossible, from a financial standpoint. Back in June, we wrote in-depth about how it functions as an excellent funding platform for creative types, and about a number of artists' specific endeavors including Kevin Cyr's Camper Kart and Rachel Sussman's The Oldest Living Things in the World, which both successfully reached their financial goals.

You can learn more about The Sound of Art, the many artists involved, watch a sample video and make a pledge on the project's Kickstarter page. If you like the look (sorry, sound) of Paddy’s dream LP, contribute to the project and help her make it a reality! And, act fast: there are only two weeks left to become a backer for this fantastic project.