Re: [microsound] food for thought

[Kenric McDowell <kenricm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday, October 3, 2001, at 08:20 PM, pelagius pelagius wrote:
If the tool is the message and the tool is a powerbook, is the message 
any more than a glorified Apple advertisement?

 I have dealt with this issue making digital art and music and these are 
my personal conclusions:

-New technology  in itself is often interesting. So is older technology. 
In this way making computer music is similar to flower arranging.

-Technology provides interesting models for thought . Engagement with 
high-tech structures (networks, control flow, object-oriented 
programming) can provide useful ways of thinking about other things. 
These models can be used independent of technology.

-A human art practice values human experience. The quality of my life is 
decreased when I am isolated and deprived of rich sensory stimulation.

These principles have helped me relate to technology more healthily.

-km