Re: [microsound]digital silence

[Sean Cooper <scooper@xxxxxxxx>]

translate the unspoken from one langauge to another and you will still
hear the breath of the one who does not speak. nothing has been spoken,
yet for a translation not to occur means the translator must still be
available to not make it (this is the sound's translatability as
such). the "sound" of digital silence is a sound of this sort. when you
translate digital silence into another medium (eg, a visible one), what
you see is the sound of an unmade translation. this should be considered
distinct from the "sound" of a purely mathematical silence, which at any
rate could never be (not) heard. as someone said early on in this thread,
this is silence "in principle."

sc

On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, rebecca263 wrote:

> Please forgive me for being simple here, but I have another question(and i
> started this thread? yipes!) KM, are you saying that in the case of
> "studying nothingness" that the constuct is devoid of sound? that the empty
> soundfile, although it seems to have a sound, actually doesn't? or that the
> construct has an inherent sound, and that is what we are "studying"? thanks
> for clarifying your statement, i'm really trying to grasp your idea about
> the sound, or lack of.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kenric McDowell" <kenric@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "microsound" <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 1:10 PM
> Subject: RE: [microsound]digital silence
> 
> 
> > Aren't we just seeing the structure of the file here, rather than the
> > material structure of reality? This is certinly the subtext of these
> > experiments isn't it? If the goal of studying nothingness is the increased
> > awareness of more fundamental structures it is important not to confuse
> > metaphors with reality. Computer systems are constructs and as such
> studying
> > their "empty" forms only reveals the nature of the construction.
> >
> > -km
> 
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