Why Write? Why Read?
by David Pinto
Regarding his work, the artist says:
The writing is improvised. Would be nice to be completely inspired by the music, and sometimes it is entirely, but more often I have a kernel of a thought which I would like to explore and the music influences.
Originally, the idea was to invite others to write together on the same page, hence text-tango. However it ended up mostly my own writing and I found it a useful format to explore ideas solo, with awareness that someone else was reading. The tango is between reader and writer. I eventually settled on the usual start: here you are reading this now...
Other examples of David's work
- youtube.com/watch?v=4X9M807c0KA
- youtube.com/watch?v=8wr9S3pDYQc
- soundcloud.com/happyseaurchin/tracks
David Pinto was a math teacher for a decade, focusing on self-organizing systems in classes. He achieved amazing results, but the system didn't change. David believes that if you can improve the quality of listening in a class, quality of learning improves, and results follow.
Over the last four years, he raised £125,000 for a startup which folded in the summer 2018, though the platform still exists. Users can generate revenue and distribute any digital content – without advertising.
Still not quite there, but its very close. In terms of art, created a genre called Jaxing in 2000, purely by accident; its like rap, but focusing on listening not talking. Textango is the text version, which is focused on reading, not writing.
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