[microsound] blocks of time

[Kim Cascone <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I think the
> “rave DJ” is probably the /only/ person in 20th century pop culture  
> who
> any authority on sculpting blocks of time longer than an hour or  
> two (not
> saying it's being sculpted in interesting ways, but it's at least  
> being
> sculpted).

are you talking about in music?
filmmakers deal with anything from 1min - 120+ mins
so they are still the kings of hour plus blocks of time
and sound artists or installation artists deal with longer blocks of  
time - more like macro-events
which has been an area I'm moving into lately i.e. longer cycles and  
rhythms of time and what takes place inside them
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also, 'narrative' is a rather stuffy (albeit modernist) concept and  
it doesn't really exist in music
there is musical structure which imparts a context (the old:  
'expectation, frustration, release' arc of activity)
the only narrative is the one the listener constructs based on their  
own associations and memories
 
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