Re: [microsound] politics of digital audio reflux

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In regards to this thread, I have written an article some years ago. It is
about the placement of glitches and sound in a conceptual context. It is
full of examples of artists that may or may not be inflicting content to
abstract sounds, clicks and cuts.

here's the link:

http://www.cooptrol.com/txt3.htm

Hernan





> hi
>
> On 10/2/06, jon <seedling@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> - what is the use value vs exchange value of marxist theories on digital
>> audio?
>
> not exactly sure what you mean. i'm guessing 'use value' is practical
> knowledge about generating or capturing audio with digital technology.
> similarly, 'exchange value' is a currency of some sort- something that
> can be exchanged for something else- more abstract.
>
> if i have misunderstood, the rest of my note will be superfluous
> [which may already be the case].
>
> i don't know that there is a firm line between these two, but the
> abstract and contrete [practical] are two boxes used often in art, and
> [more generally] in the experience of being alive [or at least *my*
> experience of being alive].
>
> so i don't think digital audio is any different than food shopping in
> this case. what is the [exchange] value of being a vegetarian? what is
> the [use] value of buying vegetables?
>
> there is a relationship- right?
>
> political analyses of digital audio may help an artist produce work.
> conversely, they may paralize another artist with excessive
> intellectualism. if you are making art representative of a culture
> [which we all are in one way or another for one culture or another],
> understanding that culture will help your art.
>
> and how do you understand that culture?
> - watch cnn?
> - read about other cultures?
> - study different perspectives? [from different times and places]
> - personal experience?
>
> just because the mass media in the us only offers one kind of
> framework for understanding the world doesn't mean that other
> frameworks are invalid.
>
> --
> \js  [ http://or8.net/~johns/ ]
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