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Absolut Quartet appears to be one of the products of a creativity campaign sponsored by Absolut Vodka. The other is called Absolut Choir, but I suspect the proverbial choir is asleep, as it’s in Stockholm. Dubious origins notwithstanding, the Quartet is one of the most interesting phenomena I’ve had the privilege to observe. It is a real-time video feed of a machine in New York City that produces a unique 2-3-minute long musical piece with wine glasses and ping pong balls on wooden musical planks based off of a short inputted melody. Both the impressive machine itself and the Internet interactivity are flooring. A YouTube video demonstrating its prowess is featured on the front page.
Having placed myself in the queue, I started at 16th place with a good 50-something minutes of waiting time but impatient people have been leaving the queue and I’m now 12th with 37 minutes to go. I have all the patience of an extremely bored university student at early hours of the morning, so I don’t see myself leaving soon.
