Re: [microsound] beauty

[Bill Jarboe <billjarboe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 when beauty is mentioned , it might be better addressed as 'sensual'. i
mean , avoiding a train wreck might be beauty, yeah?

 it is a truism that what is sensual eventually becomes tiresome or even
repulsive.the challenge then , if you accept that truism is to create a
balance or something between the conceptual and the sensual , since
conceptual works continue to be beautiful in a personal timeframe  rather
than one imposed by the compositional media.

 it is possible ; through years of rigorous training, almost superhuman
degrees of self sacrifice , fanatic adherence to almost impossible high
standards of audio reproduction ( or , more usually ; to finding the good
tidbit and stretching it out for an hour or more) to present the sensual and
the conceptual as one in the same, or so closely in harmony or related to be
considered permutations of the same mysterious or perhaps god given
substance. those individuals who follow this high , lofty and noble route
however often remain 'single' and take longer to accomplish much , having to
darn their own socks, take time to sigh heavily etc.

 -hope this helps 


                            Bill


                   


               




on 11/18/04 8:29 AM, 4brendax@xxxxxxxxxx at 4brendax@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Arve Henriksen - Chiaroscuro (Rune Grammofon)
> 
> I'm very excited of arve henriksen last release, entitled 'chiaroscuro'.
> I't a disc where creativity is free and all the instruments available are
> used in a fresh way.
> I think also that one of the main elements that make this disc exciting
> is that it expresses beauty, and goes beyond a rational idea of aesthetics.
> i think also that one of the most recurrent peculiarities of experimental
> electronica, especially in the last period of time, is that  it is highly
> conceptual. so conceptual that many times experimentation does not leave
> room to beauty (and not aesthetics).
> it's a big topic, but don't you think that beauty still deserves a primary
> role, intended as an harmonic objective in the musical piece of art production
> experience?
> this may be simply a "female" point of view... sorry if my english is poor
> eva
> 


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