Re: [microsound] return of the son of metaphysics (was:beauty)

[Phil Thomson <philthom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On 18/11/04 12:45, guido henneböhl said in living color:
>
>> isn´t an "aesthetics of failiure" a concept opposed to
>> that of "beauty".. if we use failiure to construct
>> just another homogenous structure - wouldn´t it be
>> easier to keep the old one?
>
> The failure of the aesthetic of failure... I sense a catchy essay in the
> making...

Though I sense your tongue is in your cheek, I will say that my recently 
published article on microsound opines that "the aesthetics of failure may 
be on its way to being simply a failure of aesthetics." And it was two 
years ago that I first wrote that... :-)

P


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