Titanic's Musical Legacy: Eno, Bryars, and Digital Reenactments
The Titanic disaster continues to inspire artists and musicians. A new video, Titanic Sinks. Real Time, recreates the moment the iceberg was sighted at 11:39 PM on April 14, 1912, with atmospheric sound. Its creators aim to monetize through a crowdfunded video game, Titanic Honor & Glory. Meanwhile, Brian Eno's album The Ship (Warp) musically explores the catastrophic failure. Composer Gavin Bryars, with ensemble AlterEgo and turntablist Philip Jeck, performed an expanded version of his 1969 composition The Sinking of the Titanic at the 49th Venice Biennale, later released by Touch Records. The piece incorporates strings and recorded voices of survivors, honoring the orchestra that played ragtime until the ship sank at 2:20 AM.
Key facts
- Titanic Sinks. Real Time video recreates iceberg sighting at 11:39 PM on April 14, 1912
- Creators are monetizing via crowdfunded video game Titanic Honor & Glory
- Brian Eno's album The Ship (Warp) addresses the Titanic disaster
- Gavin Bryars performed The Sinking of the Titanic at the 49th Venice Biennale
- Bryars' composition dates from 1969 and is semi-aleatory
- Performance featured ensemble AlterEgo and Philip Jeck on turntables
- Touch Records released the expanded version on disc
- Survivors' voices and strings honor the orchestra that played until 2:20 AM
Entities
Artists
- Brian Eno
- Gavin Bryars
- Philip Jeck
- Vincenzo Santarcangelo
Institutions
- Warp
- Touch Records
- AlterEgo
- Biennale di Venezia
- Politecnico di Torino
- IED Milano
- LabOnt
- Università di Torino
- Artribune
Locations
- Southampton
- New York
- Venezia
- Italia