A Side Man 5000 Adventure is video series directed and hosted by artist Darsha Hewitt where the electro-mechanical “Cadillac of drum machines” is a window into a world of shimmering vacuum tubes, high-voltage oscillations and the basics of electronics.
A Side Man 5000 Adventure is a unique, long-form, episodic lesson both in media archeology and the basics of physics, electronics, and mechanical design. It’s the first ever comprehensive technical documentation of a machine that made history. And it’s a must-watch series for anyone interested in learning more about music, electronic history, or how things work.
All 10 videos can be viewed on youtube and vimeo.
A Side Man 5000 Adventure is a project realized in the context of the Art and Civic Media research program of the Innovation Incubator at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg and in cooperation with the Leuphana Arts Program. The Innovation Incubator Lüneburg is an EU major project supported by the European Regional Development Fund and the federal state of Lower Saxony.
Further support for this project was provided by FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) – Liverpool, The Human Futures Project and The Office of Equal Opportunity at The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.