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[Christopher Murphy <chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear All,

The 'laptop performance looks dull' argument is cyclical it seems...

<The laptop performer (or computer performer) does not offer the audience
much, apart from the raw sound of their music.>

This kind of attitude always strikes me as odd, it implies that all
performers that use laptops are dull to look at. I'm sure I don't need to
point out that this is conclusion is arrived at via rather ambiguous logic.

Last year I was fortunate enough to witness two concerts by one Markus Popp
(Oval, you'll recall, was a trio). He is one of the most physical and
gestural laptop performers you could imagine. He 'played' his machines like
a violinist plays their machine (for want of a better noun). His sense of
gesture was almost theatrical and proved extremely entertaining. He offered
the audience a great deal and his music certainly sounded raw.

While I enjoyed the irony of watching Mr Popp do some crazy moves - anyone
who's met him will know he's hardly Mr Conversation - I'm not convinced that
his gesticulations, or lack of, added or subtracted anything to the music
itself.

<...the audience immerse themselves in the music in a physical way, even
though they all stand 'sheep like' facing the DJ...>

I've never been allowed to forget one vivid concert when I was more
preoccupied with facing the audience, they were far more interesting to
watch than the DJ... =]

Take care,

Christopher @ Fallt


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