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BBC Radio 3 The Verb People Like Us interview

People Like Us will be on BBC Radio 3’s The Verb on Friday 8 December 2017 talking about scrolling culture (and google minds!) in relation to the creative process and The Fundamental Questions book, playing a specially made 3 minute group reading made from this.

Here’s the piece that we made : I Am A Poet (from The Fundamental Questions)

Group reading features:
Jaap Blonk, Dylan Nyoukis, Leo Chadburn, Mark Gergis, Chris T, Bryce Kretschmann, Medaya Ocher, John Aage Nilsen, Abbie Minard, Colleen Lindsay, Simon Faulkner, Scott Williams, Falco Carey, Hearty White, Kurt Gottshalk, Rebecca Schnell, Roslyn Sargeant, Michael Newman, Steven Ball, Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee, Nancy Novotny, MC Schmidt, Adrian Testcard, The Weatherman, Annabel McCourt, HK Kahng, Austin Rich, Tim Maloney, Matthew Curry, Drew Daniel, Alma, Silas and Peter Jaeger, Casper Carey, Paul Abbott, Tom Comitta, Will Edmondes, Catherine Backhouse, Krys O, Elkka Nyoukis, Miller Sargeant, Jhh Löwengard, Mike Lupica, Dan Solenoid, Greg Scharpen, Nick The Bard, Jon Leidecker, Ranjit Bhatnagar, Brancois Bonnet, Andie Brown, Ada Graham-Löwengard, Duncan Harrison, Gregor Weichbrodt and Vicki Bennett.

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Hearty White Reads The Fundamental Questions

Here’s a reading from The Fundamental Questions by Hearty White.

I am an artist, although I prefer the term Illustrator, and I make my living as a freelance contractor · I am an artist, always starting a new project · I am an artist, and a musician · I am an Artist, Animator, and SEO apprentice at a Reno area Start Up Company called TCNABN · i am an artist, i like piano (Bach, blue , jazz) · I am an artist, intellectual, eclectic, liberal, unconventional, fringe, respectable, obstinate, resilient and determined · I am an artist, I read, watch too much TV, play too many video games, and make plans to watch too many classic films that I never get around to · I am an artist, like art, even going to the opera but also enjoy watching football · I Am an artist, love painting and drawing, sculpture & photo · I am an artist, student, dreamer, doer, hardworker, jokester, sister, daughter, cousin, and friend · I am an artist, traveler, nature boy and lover (of life, and all it entails) · I am an artist · I am an artist · I am an artist · I am an artist · I am an artist · I am an artist · I am an artist/jewelry designer and a small business owner · I am an artist/musician · I am an artist and a dreamer · I am an artist and am lucky enough to get to do what I love · I am an artist and a photographer, with a little bit of writer thrown in the mix · I am an artist and a photographer · I am an artist and a writer · I am an artist and a writer · I am an artist and counselor working with college students · I am an Artist and crafter · I am an artist and creating something new is always exciting · I am an artist and have a deep  passion for sculpture and ceramics · I am an artist and have been drawing since I can remember · I am an artist and I have the degrees to prove it · I am an artist and I just graduated from a college in Vermont · I am an artist and social worker · I am an artist and take that part of my life very seriously · I am an artist and very passionate about it · I am an artist at heart, a photographer, a traveler, and a (health) foodie · I am an artist at heart – I’m pretty down to earth · I am an artist at heart · I am an artist at heart and feel that it’s important for eveyone to have something they are truly passionate about · I am an artist by trade and hobby, and I love being able to make a living with art · I am an artist creating artificial enviroment at zoos, aquariums and parks · I am an artist first, musician second, art therapist third, regular boring 9-5 human last · I am an artist going to cosmetology school · I am an artistic, creative person · I am an artist in a bit of a rut · I am an artist living in New York · I am an artist living in NYC · I am an artist of all different talents · I am an artist of sorts · I am an artist of sorts though I’ve lacked inspiration recently · I am an artist ily, I like all things intense and fun because, yolo · I am an artist who adores flowers · I am an artist who loves reading, learning, and living life to the fullest · I am an artist with a curiosity for life, people, and love · I am an artist with my MFA in printmaking · I am an art major focusing in drawing and ceramics · I am an arts-lover, animal-lover, and Liz Lemon-lover · I am an art student · I am an art student · I am an artsty, talkative, and hardworking woman trying to make my small farm into something awesome · I am an artsy kind of guy · I am an artsy person, I draw and paint · I am an artsy person with a lot of opinions and I’m very driven and ambitious · I am an art teacher in a public school · I am an art therapist who loves that I get to spend my days in an art studio ·

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Reading at The Other Room, Manchester

Vicki Bennett & Gregor Weichbrodt, Mark Leahy, Will Montgomery
Wednesday 17th February 2016, 7 pm | Free entry
The Other Room 59 The Castle Hotel, Oldham Street, Manchester, M2 4PD.
www.otherroom.org

Update: and here is the video!

The Fundamental Questions is a collaborative work by Bennett and Weichbrodt and will be performed on the night by members of the audience.
https://peoplelikeus.org/2014/new-book-by-gregor-weichbrodt-vicki-bennett-available-now/
(please note: this is a reading by other people, the artists will not be present)

The Other Room
Pages from “The Fundamental Questions” by Vicki Bennett & Gregor Weichbrodt will be read simultaneously by the entire audience
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The Fundamental Questions read by a computer

This is a short computer reading from our paperback/pdf book
The Fundamental Questions

and the LYRICS:

I am a Account Rep · I am a active guy who loves sports, movies,

cooking, and anything that sounds new and exciting · I am

a actor in acting school · I am a dad to two girls Bug 5, and

Tooties 1.5 who are my life · I am a administrator for my dad

and also volunteer in the Age UK office two days a week · i am

a adventurious person · I am a adventurous, outdoors, hands

on fix it all type person · I am a affectionate mom to my kids

love mexican and italian foods · I am a affectioned person and

healthy · I am a aires for those curious · I am a ambitious go

getter · I am a amiable, funny, outgoing guy who loves a good

laugh · I am a analytical person sometimes · I am a Artist and

love to have fun! · I am a asian guy living in NYC · I am a athletic,

loving, kind, and adventureous · I am a average female,

about 5’4, i have brown and light brown hair · I am a avid

coffee drinker, and I do smoke cigarettes · I am a avid sports

fan, loving hockey and football · I am a awesome friend and

the ones I have are from grade school · I am a a work in progress

· I am a bacon-eating Jew · I am a bad at spelling but great

at reading people · I am a ball of energy, Love to party and

hangout with friends · I am a ball of energy and sarcastic humour,

need people with fun personality to adventure with · I

am a bama fan so Roll Tide · I am a band geek cuz I love the

flute · I am a band geek turned science nerd, aspiring robopsychologist,

and the tech girl philosopher · I am a bank rep · I am

a barista and a nanny · I am a bartender, a business owner,

and the director of a Bartending school in riverside · I am a

bartender · I am a bartender · I am a bartender and absolutely

love my job · I am a bartender at a private members’ club · I am

a bartender until i finish pharmecology school · I am a Batman

loving, sports watching, going out and having fun type of person

· I am a bay area native · I am a BBW I love going on adventures,

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The Fundamental Questions book

cover photo

THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS
new book by Gregor Weichbrodt, Vicki Bennett
Paperback & pdf, 569 Pages 

Buy the paperback book: http://www.lulu.com/shop/gregor-weichbrodt-and-vicki-bennett/the-fundamental-questions/paperback/product-21696219.html
You can now also purchase the book from The Wire magazine bookshop
Free downloadable pdf here or here

Update 2020: there is now a second edition to be available exclusively on site only at Hallwalls to coincide with Vicki’s solo exhibition First Person, Fourth Wall.

You may be familiar with the music, film, radio and stills work of People Like Us but this is the first step into this medium.  Although we’ve written essays, we’ve not written a book before.  And we still haven’t!  This content is sourced from online, developed online over the course of a 10-day conversation with Gregor Weichbrodt after we observed that searching for answers on a particular internet website possibly reflected and paralleled deeper questions within life…

Who am I?  Where do I come from?  What is my purpose in Life and what happens when I die? For centuries people have tried to come up with answers regarding the fundamental questions of life. Then the internet was invented and these questions have finally been answered – by users.

The Fundamental Questions captures them in an inspiring record of epic proportions where every individual verse becomes a mantra of a mind-expanding collective thought. It reminds us, that one single answer is never the answer.

Thousands of user profiles from the web were parsed, matched according to four questions and sorted in an alphabetical order.

People Like Us guested on BBC Radio 3’s The Verb on Friday 8 December 2017 talking about scrolling culture (and google minds!) in relation to the creative process and The Fundamental Questions book, playing a specially made 3 minute group reading made from this.
The Fundamental Questions read by Hearty White

The Fundamental Questions read by a computer
Featured in Journal of Writing in Creative Practice

The Fundamental Questions read at The Other Room
The Fundamental Questions read at Xing The Line
i am.

“I am the gambling of the fraudulent; I am the splendour of the splendid; I am victory; I am determination; I am the goodness of the good. I am a huge animal lover and love to spend time with my chinchilla and 2 pet rats.” – from the excellent piece of mashed-up uncreative writing called “The Fundamental Questions.” From Vicki Bennett and Gregor Weichbrodt. Further confirmation that the best use of appropriation in art is with a healthy dose of humor and joy. [And it comes in a paperback, almost the same size as your pink, half-read copy of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.] — Kevin Hamilton

Related item: I am that I am – A Twitterbot that combines verses from the Bhagavad Gita with user profile texts from the web. I am that I am @newmantras

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