[microsound] laptop as a performance device.

[richard chartier / LINE <chartier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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