Re: [microsound] adorno essays

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Aaron Ximm wrote:

>Out of curiosity, why do you live there?  Are you still an American expat,
>or did you give up citizenship?
>
I'll answer this question privately, Aaron.

>My question remains ~ is making art fiddling while Taipei is burning?
>
This question assumes that the disaster always takes place somewhere 
else. What if it takes place at home? I like Blanchot on this question:

"The disaster ruins everything, all the while leaving everything intact. 
It does not touch anyone in particular; I am not threatened by it, but 
spared, left aside. It is in this way that I am threatened; it is in 
this way that the disaster threatens in me that which is exterior to 
mean other than I who passively become other."

>Or rather, how do *you* feel about making art now?  Are you?  What kind?
>Effectively?  How do you gage effectiveness?  What are your goals with it?
>  
>
I don't make art. I teach and write and travel. And I'm an activist 
working on human rights and globablization issues. I've recently started 
making documentary film. Right now I'm working on one about East Timor. 
I listen to music primarily but I also write about it.

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