Re: [microsound] acousmatic anxiety

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From: "anechoic" <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 1:32 PM
Subject: [microsound] acousmatic anxiety


> >this idea of a guy with a laptop
> >being boring while at the same time transcending the *pop* performance
> >cliches is crap, cause that can still be a very attractive/romantic/pop
> >trait for many people.
>
> this is an 40+ yr old problem whose solution lies in nurturing acousmatic
> modes of reception...if it is part of the artists "aura" then it's usually
> the press & clueless promoters using it to drive demand via novelty...

i think i agree with the first part, that there needs to be more nurturing.
about the second part though, somebody doesn't necessarily need to have been
manipulated by the media in order to be subject to this type of
romanticization. or maybe we all are *irreversably tainted*. i'm talking
about a person who simply wishes to engage themselves in a way that is more
along such and such lines (laptop, non-performance, playing a calculator
with a contact mic on it, etc), and who will be emotionally touched by
seeing another person doing this, this thing that they want to experience
for themselves. heck, even having a desire to NOT do something like watch,
or be, *a regular performer*, constitutes an emotional reaction.

sorry, maybe i'm on the wrong list. this has little to do with music
now...but it does for me, address the very difficult question of what people
mean when they talk about pure intellect as it relates to art.