Re: [microsound] laptop as a performance device.

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Both. Except I am not sure I agree with the characterization of the 
performance as "artifical". On the one hand, in a venue/siituation 
where the content of the work can be satisfactorily isolated or focused 
on by an attentive audience, one would perform works which are best 
suited for that kind of venue/situation. On the other hand in a setting 
which may demand, er, let''s say a more "entertaining" or 
"crowd-engaging" approach, it would make sense as a performer, to take 
that into consideration when structuring the performance.

I think it is a matter of asking those questions and honestly answering 
them. The reception of the work, the situation in which it manifests, 
the audience, are all in a sense, part of the work. One is never really 
just a "laptop artist", if one ventures into the public sphere.

On Thursday, March 17, 2005, at 04:20 PM, Noel Peters wrote:

> So I think arguing that it isn't a problem is a bit like preaching to
> the converted. Is the approach to persist with the obvious 
> functionality
> of the laptop and wait for audiences to latch on to the idea that it
> doesn't matter, or is the approach to layer an artificial performance
> over the top. I prefer the former, because the latter seems dishonest.
> Or does that matter?


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