Re: [microsound] hidden from the audience

[ross birdwise <rbirdwise@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I have a question to raise, in light of past
discussions about 'gestural theatre':

If a specialized light show is just another spectacle,
and it is done away with, possibly opting for a
darkened space or something more neutral in terms its
being a visual spectacle, 

how do people feel about a situation where someone
plays back and does some very slight mixing to an
entirley sequenced and/or prerecorded set?

I know some people would find paying for such an
experience unnacceptable in light of the fact that one
can purchase recordings and listen to them at home. 
But I was thinking that a performance
(pre-sequenced/recorded)done in a context of a venue,
gallery, bar, whatever is not the same as being at
home, and might derive some expressive power through
its contextualization in a space that is an
alternative to the home listening environment.

Does anybody have any thoughts on this issue?

I was also thinking of how a blindfolded (or simply
where the performer is 'invisible') audience might
respond to something they know is
pre-sequenced/recorded as opposed to something they
know (via prior verbal explanation) to be improvised.

Ross

--- dkl37@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Dec 2002 12:43:30 -0800 "j.frede"
> <jfrede@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> writes:
> 
> > i dream of a day when contemporary
> music/microsound/etc events are 
> > only
> > booked in black box theaters or adapted gallery
> spaces, people in 
> > the USA
> > tend to try and set these shows up at Bars or rock
> venues
> 																
> Frede and anyone else who wishes to perform in
> Seattle, it's been
> mentioned before, but we have such a place called
> Polestar Sound Gallery.
> Alex Keller is curating the recently posted event
> there.
> http://www.polestarmusic.org/  Good place, good
> folks.														
> Best, Dale
> 
>
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