Re: [microsound] artificats?

[John Hopkins <jhopkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> A compact disc containing a recording of a piano concerto is not a 
> piano concerto. Is the piano concerto the cultural artifact? the CD? 
> both? As cultural practitioners, which one do we care about more? 
> I'd argue that the CD is a function of the particular material 
> emphasis of our current times, and that we care much more about the 
> piano concerto itself than about the shiny plastic disc.

A map is not the territory -- the CD re-creation of the concerto is 
NOT the Concerto.  It is a re-creation, a re-production, a re-ductive 
simulation of living, present interaction -- as a social system, we 
evolve more and more towards systems of interaction which are 
becoming more mediated and more dependent on complex social systems 
(recording, distribution systems, for example, and their attendant 
political/economic drivers) through which to interact.  Extrapolating 
this technological/social development further alienates the 
individual from his/her immediate surroundings and especially from 
the individuals who are immediately around...

that's why I suggested the idea of live performance -- suggesting for 
those of you who are feeling put-down by the system of (expensive) 
recording and distribution -- to look to your immediate surroundings 
for possibilities of using your art to exchange creative energies 
locally...  just a thought...

it does so happen, that in the age of heavy mediation, perversely, 
your immediate surrounding does include this list...  but isn't a 
conversation about sonic art much better over a beer f2f?  just like 
having a laptopper demo/discuss/trouble-shoot his/her work for/with 
you f2f...

That materialization of individual human life is exactly what Marx 
was talking about -- he predicted the alienation increasing as 
technological society continued to evolve...

cheers
John

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