Re: [microsound] the mysticism of microsound

[The pHarmanaut <pharmanaut@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Glenn et al.

The following seems like a very relevant article in the context of your
specific interest in mysticism and microsound, as well as in the context of
recent discussions of the post-digital:

Why the Digital Computer is Dead
Chris Chesher
http://www.ctheory.net/text_file.asp?pick=334

Chesher suggests replacing "digital computing" with "invocational media" at
one point, and he writes:

"The subliminal return of magic in computer discourses, then, might not
suggest anything paranormal or supernatural is at work. Rather, it is
evidence of the resilience of non-modern cultural forms. Practices, beliefs,
desires and affects usually associated with premodernity-often dismissed as
irrational, superstitious or subjective - never went away. Instead, they
have been translated into new expressions. Will to command can be manifest
in political power, magic or technological systems. Desires for explanations
of mysteries, control over the future, or a sense of community might equally
be answered by religious faith, rational methods, or high-tech artefacts.
The boundaries drawn between science and magic, nature and culture,
technology and society are all quite artificial."

Enjoy,
-=Trace

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