RE: [microsound] Laptop, etc as Performance device

[chthonic streams <chthonic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>  >a laptop can only not be considered a performance object if the level
> > of understanding in observers of the performance holds more weight
> > than the performance itself.
> >   nathand
>
>
> Perhaps then this discussion is not about the role of the laptop but of
> the relative importance of the audience.

this is a very "tree falls in a forest" question, but a valid one. 
obviously the question of performance only arises with other people 
present; no one says "i did a musical performance yesterday in my 
room alone."  so if the audience the main additional ingredient to 
make something a performance then their presence, undeerstanding, and 
reaction to what the artist is doing is hugely important.

d.

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