Folk Songs for the Five Points
Alastair Dant, Tom Davis, Victor Gama & David Gunn
Folk Songs for the Five Points is a digital arts project that allows you to create your own “folk songs” by remixing and overlaying a range of sounds taken from New York’s Lower East Side.
Folk Songs for the Five Points was created in response to the Lower East Side Tenement Museum’s invitation for a project which responded to the request for works that explore contemporary immigrant experiences in New York City. The Museum has dedicated the Digital Artist in Residence Project (DARP) as a medium where digital artists can raise questions and suggest various perspectives, ideas and interpretations. In keeping with its mission, the Museum takes no position on the issues raised by its exhibits, but rather it encourages the expression of multiple perspectives.