The Tourist
I approached longtime friend and collaborator Elissa Rose, asking her to record herself painting over Radiohead’s ‘OK Computer’ album cover, while listening to the closing track of the album, titled “The Tourist.” She would paint for 30 minutes to an hour per piece, and then we’d reverse it, and match it to the length of the track.
The intended effect was for the original album artwork, which is extremely visually evocative for fans, to slowly begin to materialize as the song (and show) would come to a close. After a few iterations, this was the piece were most pleased with. This was played during the two “OK Computer Live” performances in December 2010.
