Re: [microsound] project invite: 'City of the Future'

["walrus and the carpenter" <chewybach@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kim I need a password to access the hotline server. I would like to add a
remix to the city of the future project. Thanks, Joseph
www.hushlittlerobot.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim Cascone" <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "microsound_list" <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 11:40 PM
Subject: [microsound] project invite: 'City of the Future'

> 'CITY OF THE FUTURE'
>
> I rented Tarkovsky's 'Solaris' again last month after seeing the
Soderbergh
> remake in LA last November and thought it would make for a good
> remix/treatment project...
>
> I've always had a favorite part of 'Solaris': 'the city of the future' -
as
> it is titled on the DVD release...the entire scene is recorded from the
> point of view of the astronaut as he drives to the city on the
highway...the
> sound design for this particular scene has always haunted me...along with
> the sound for Eraserhead it is some of the best sound art in a film I can
> think of (other than Stalker that is)...so I grabbed it off the DVD and
will
> make it available on the hotline server as an aiff file in a couple of
> hours...I just need to finish uploading it...
>
> I thought the title was fitting due to the current world situation...it is
> not an overt political theme for the project but it implies hope for a
city
> in the future...so while this could mean 'Baghdad' it could also mean the
> city you live in/near or a city you like to visit...a city could also
> represent any large collection of various types and races of people...
>
> in any event, this is meant to be a productive, constructive, creative
theme
> expressing hope for the future...
>
> OK, sharpen your mouse (I borrowed that from someone - can't remember -
but
> thanks!) and fire up your audio software and start on it...
>
>     ***PLEASE CONSULT THE 'STONE AND RIPPLE' PROJECT WEB PAGE FOR THE
> TECHNICAL/FILEMANING SPECS!!!!***
>
> *** if you need a password please ask me BEFORE APRIL 1st as I am leaving
> for Europe on the 4th and will not be able to assign passwords while on
the
> road...I am usually at the mercy of internet cafe's and borrowed computers
> to check my email...
>
> deadline: May 5
>
> length: no longer than 6 minutes
>
> any questions please contact me off list:
> <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
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