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Re: [microsound] maths science and electronic music
On Apr 12, 2005, at 5:07 PM, W.C Schrimshaw wrote:
as an improvising musician i find it impossible to sepparate the
process
from a piece as a piece is a performance and a performance a process on
display. i may be being a bit romantic but i quite like the idea that
by
exposing the process or labor behind a piece exposses certain
ideological
connnections that every piece of art innevitably has.
i agree with the first part, but not the second. i find that the idea of
"exposing the process" is a little like giving a lecture about what
your art "means." a dangerous activity.
you do and then you have, whatever it is. inescapable
timeline.
particulary with imorovisation i find that you do and then its gone,
rather than you do and then you have. sure you have fragments left
over,
recordings and such, or preparded/found materials that you might have
taken along to a session but they only find a meaning in the act of
doing,
once the doing stops it's gone again.
ah, see, i factor memory in here. physical objects are irrelevant.
me:
intent was certainly the
key for cage and duchamp and that was interesting then for historical
and
political reasons but that was over 50 years ago.
bruce:
or 50 years ahead of its time?
there are of course resonances with cage's work that are still
relevant to
much art today but its a bit boring witnessing a 'radical' avant garde
piece that covers that same old ground.
even though i was making a little joke, i still think these ideas have
a lot
of relevancy. of course it's all about what you do with them, no? the
thing i got
from those ideas was to let go of the idea of "doing something new" and
try and
just do without thinking too much. as an improvisor (as i am) i'm sure
you would
agree with that. the archeology of ideas is a fascinating study.
cheers
b
bruce tovsky
www.skeletonhome.com
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