Re: [microsound] maths science and electronic music

["W.C Schrimshaw" <W.C.Schrimshaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

of course you're right, i would agree with you that these are inseparable
elements, but I was thinking more of the focus of a work and whether a
work hides its process or not. it's clear that you can't make without
process but for the process rather than product being the reason for
undertaking a creative act is something i find quite interesting. The
enjoyment of doing or being rather than having. 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. Cage highlighted a
certain rupture within the in the art world, marking the limits of a
particular mode of production. i think with a focus upon process
(including the creation of new instruments as well as sound) we are
possibly witnessing what Attali refers to as Composition, or at least a
step in that direction.


> isn't "process" an intrinsic part of all creative endeavors? and isn't
> science
> a discipline that strives to parse the world around us? while i have
> spent
> my musical career using the products of science in my creative
> endeavors,
> i don't regard myself in any way as a scientist, nor do i consider
> myself in
> any way as different from an artist who uses more "traditional" tools,
> such
> as paint or a violin. didn't duchamp and cage show us that intent is
> the key?
> cheers
> bruce
>
> bruce tovsky
> www.skeletonhome.com
>
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