Nick Bertke, known by his stage name "Pogo" is an electronic music artist hailing from Australia. Despite having some projects that are made from sounds that are 100% his own (Remix The World, Be Kind to Your Donkey, to name a few), they are mostly known for utilizing nostalgia from old films and television to generate emotion in their music. The genre is called Plunderphonics, in the audio world, but when paired with the visual aspect it forms a unique type of visual music hat we can refer to as "PlunderGraphics (coined by Louise Sandhaus in 2021)." "Plunderphonics is a music genre where tracks are constructed by sampling recognizable musical works. The term was coined by composer John Oswald in 1985 in his essay "Plunderphonics, or Audio Piracy as a Compositional Prerogative", and eventually explicitly defined in the liner notes of his Grayfolded album." This particular work, "Gardyn," was not made using sounds taken from popular film or television, rather is was made using original video that Bertke took of his mother in her backyard. This work is historically relevant as it is one of the first examples of PlunderGraphics that have been displayed at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City along with a selection of 24 other works from youtube-based artists.
