Re: [microsound] laptop as a performance device.

[Sean Rooney <srooney@xxxxxxxx>]

for many people (especially those unfamiliar with laptop performances) a
major barrier is "what are they doing"? Giving a few visual cues helps
with this. It doesn't turn bad music into good or make a poor performance
a good one, it just opens the door a little wider for those who don't have
much experience with this type of music. They still exist, though they're
increasingly rare.

/sean


> hello all,
> just running out the door... but i thought i would quickly chime in off
> the top of my head....
> i cant respond to every aspect of the discussion. so here goes....
>
>
> i am not sure why we keep coming back to the whether laptop is a viable
> instrument for performance.
> its a device that people use to create therefore why should it
> neccesitate having to be translated into some grand dramatic gestural
> dance?
>
> and this talk of novelty is very strange. when you go to hear music do
> you need see fireworks? interpretive dancers?
>
> i mean bottom line, to me anyway, its about the sound. the experience
> and the space it puts you in.
> how the artist is activating the space and your perception.
>
> if i go to hear a piano recital i don't stare at the piano for an hour.
> if i go to hear a dj i don't stare at the record spinning around.
>
> perhaps another question is: does the act of "watching" music enhance
> the act of listening to it?
>
>
> there is my ramble for you :)
> have a good weekend..
> richard
>
>
> and if anyone is in the DC area don't forget:
>
> FREE LIVE EVENTS
> William Basinski & Richard Chartier
>
> FRIDAY MARCH 18 2005, 7:00pm / 9:30 pm
> @ G FINE ART
> 1515 14th Street NW, Washington, DC
> http://www.gfineartdc.com
>
> G Fine Art is proud to present, in conjunction with its current exhibit
> GROUP LOOP, an evening of live performances/diffusions by two of North
> America's most well critically acclaimed minimal electronic sound
> artists: William Basinski (NY/LA) and Richard Chartier (DC). Last year
> marked the pair's first collaborative work as the cd William Basinski +
> Richard Chartier, released in Japan on the highly regarded Spekk
> recording label. Both artists recently performed and presented work at
> the Redcat/Disney Theatre in Los Angeles for LA Museum of Contemporary
> Art's Visual Music: See Hear Now series in conjunction with the
> museum's exhibit Visual Music: Synaesthesia in Art and Music Since
> 1900. This will be the first performance by William Basinski in
> Washington, DC as well as the first full performance by Richard
> Chartier in the city in over 3 years.
>
> Due to limited seating, space must be reserved in advance.
> please contact the gallery at: 202.462.1601 for reservations.
>
>
>
>
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>
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>
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>
>  >>>
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> CD . Retrieval 1-5 [ ERS, Netherlands ]
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>
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