Twice Removed

12 page printed newspaper (289x380mm) with digital downloadable audio. (please note that newspapers will be folded for postage) Jos Smolders : soundtracks and images TJ Norris : text, images and layout Twice Removed is the tangible-auditory outcome of a collaborative artistic "game" between Texas-based multidisciplinary artist TJ Norris and Dutch sound artist Jos Smolders. The process was a dynamic, cyclical exchange: the artists first exchanged and paired images; Norris then initiated the text, to which Smolders created the associated sounds. All materials—images, text, and sound—were continuously shared and paired between them. Each artist responded in turn, adding or subtracting elements as the process evolved, taking turns and passing the materials back and forth. This ensured the work developed through mutual influence, making it a true dialogue between the visual, literary, and auditory forms rather than a simple overlay. The work's core concept lies in the intermedia transformation and embrace of im/perfection. The materials constantly reshaped one another: images were imperfectly joined; sound was shaped in response to these combined images, which in turn reshaped how the words were arranged; and text, written in response to both sound and image, was then reshaped and redacted on the page. This continuous cycle of influence, where each element is an imperfect reaction to the last, ultimately leads to a final work that is further re-imagined by the audience—the "listening reader"—making the final piece a complex, layered experience.