Re: issue oriented work

[thesubtlebody <thesubtlebody@xxxxxxxxx>]

>From: Mark Roberts <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>I was wondering if anyone out there is creating 
>microsound works dealing
>directly with specific political or social 
>issues, and if so I'm curious to
>hear what the results are.

Bob Ostertag's work has often used field recordings
and other means of constructing powerful narratives
about sociopolitical issues. "Sooner Or Later" is
based on the actual sounds of a Salvadoran boy buring
his father, and it's harrowing, very difficult for me
to listen to.      http://detritus.net/ostertag/

Perhaps more on the microsound tip, Terre Thaemlitz
deals with sexuality and gender throughout his work,
often in a similar way, but the work stands less well
on its own as a political narrative than Ostertag's:
half the "issue" is Thaemlitz's rather mandarin liner
notes.

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np: v/a: smak 1+2 (skam)

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