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Zipper Spy was a pseudonym used by the American multimedia artist Maria Moran, [1] for projects that incorporated a variety of sound and visual sources, especially zippers. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. McQuaid, Cate (April 27, 2000). "Digital art takes wing". The Boston Globe . Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  2. "Zipper Spy Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  3. Zipper Spy - Icki Beats Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic , retrieved 2024-02-10
  4. Toth, Csaba (1999). "Chapter 12: The Work of Noise and Pedagogy". In Kumar, Amitava (ed.). Poetics/Politics: Radical Aesthetics for the Classroom. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN   978-0-312-21865-2 via Internet Archive.