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3/24/2014

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Built to last

In 2012 Julia Gillard, then prime minister of Australia, delivered a blistering speech to Parliament accusing Tony Abbott, the leader of the opposition, of misogyny. The event became an internet sensation -- video of the speech received more than 1 million hits within a week. Now Australian composer Rob Davidson has set the speech to music, a choral treatment sung by The Australian Voices. The work was recently posted on Youtube (thanks to the Zenfancy blog for bringing it to my attention).


What I love about this kind of art creation is that it takes something from the headlines, something as ephemeral as social media buzz, and gives it new life, gives it substance. 
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