Re: [microsound] Chuck

[Xdugef <info@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I feel an "ism" coming on. 

I am not saying that the process is more important than the end result
but that doesn't mean that experimentation is invalid.

I could have for example purchased or maybe even gotten for free a VST
plugin that more or less does what I wrote in Perl. Pragmatically you
could say that it works and it does what it was designed to do and if
your subjectivity leans that way then yes it's aesthetically
interesting. 

Yet somehow that leaves a completely hollow space inside me.

Obviously artists do not need to make every tool they use but
personally I like to evaluate a process myself. In my working life I
have found it far more usefull to try things myself if possible rather
than to just take someone's word for it. 

Adrian



--- aleks vasic <bvasic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Yes i agree with you, but it also raises some sticky debate.  Such
> as, 
> what is Art.  A motorcycle engine, or Jet engine is designed
> primarily 
> for function/performance.  Its a tool.  But there is an aesthetic in 
> the end result that is appreciated by many, rightfully so i guess.  
> Many people would consider the entire process art, just as much as
> the 
> end result... Something similiar would be architecture.  It is art. 
> It 
> is judged on its aesthetic, but first and foremost is its 
> functionality.  Does it do what it is supposed to do and does it do
> it 
> well?
> 
> 
> aLEKs
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sep 27, 2006, at 2:07 PM, David Powers wrote:
> >
> > It's funny because last week I was just defending the importance of
> > process, as opposed to only viewing "the finished product".
> >
> > But, at the same time I don't believe in fetishizing the process,
> as
> > being more important than what results from a process. A process,
> in
> > my view, needs to be evaluated pragmatically: does it work? is it a
> > useful process? and yes, does it lead to "good results", including
> > artworks that are aesthetically interesting.
> >
> > ~David
> 
> > On 9/27/06, aleks vasic <bvasic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Depends on who is experiencing said work.  Many people value the
> >> process as much as the end result, if not more.
> >>
> >> What do different individuals see when they look at a Harley
> >> Motorcycle?  The Ramjet engine of of a vintage fighter plane?
> >>
> >> Also, sometimes art is the process, the study of Chaos theory has
> some
> >> great examples of this.


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