"Proven Authority" 2007

Appropriated sound and text. Edition of 10

Varying length of play depending on circumstance

This sound file was assembled after viewing the entirety of every on-camera appearance Harrison Ford has ever made. A comparison was then made to all the words spoken by Harrison Ford across his on-camera career and Jenny Holzer's fantastic "Truisms". From the comparison these few phrases have been assembled, as spoken by Harrison Ford, via sound assemblage.

The phrases assembled (spoken by Harrison) are:

• It’s vital to live in harmony with nature
• Technology will make or break us
• A name means a lot just by itself
• Don’t place too much trust in experts
• Abuse of power comes as no surprise
• Money creates taste
• Everything that is interesting is new
• A sense of timing is the mark of genius
• A man can’t know what it is to be a mother
• Sex differences are here to stay

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