David Ellis, painter and sculptor, creates his work with music in mind.  He even, “…stages events when exhibiting his motion paintings, inviting musicians, performers, and sound artists to interpret the work live.”  Most of his paintings are in the tradition of street art, drawn on public walls, sometimes even on trucks.  What we like the most however, are his sculptures which often use reclaimed materials.

Old vinyl album covers arranged in progressing colors make for a pretty sweet wall display…

…and the records themselves also put to use.

An actual functioning double bass fiddle modification speaker system.  I like the integration of acoustic and electronic.

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Ellis and a musician named Roberto Lange recently collaborated on these humorous musical moving garbage installations entitled 8 Million Stories on view now at the Margulies Warehouse in Miami, Florida.

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