Re: [-empyre-] shared canvas annoyance, wikis, blogs.

[emile zile <emile@bubotic.net>]

> if the canvas supports/allows collaboration then it's a shared canvas.

this larger framework of live-visual performance exists, as demonstrated at
last year's electrofringe and at the upcoming video combustion
it's name is QUILT ..

[http://www.videocombustion.org/vc2_technology.shtml]

> Basically: make pretty eyecandy that goes with the music

not always pretty, not always supporting the audio
<slap slap!> discordant elements = food + thought = sense

> "popular" music to me is often like a million variations on a big mac...
> sugary, greasy, plastic and designed for fast unthinking consumption (<3min).

art is good in moderation too ..
taste the thousands of flavours of recombinant pop: mutant, unwashed MP3s ..

[http://www.base58.com/bsx.html]

thinking of VOGs, the technical introduction of MPG-recording digital still
cameras makes the capture of such everyday video content immediate - a video
polaroid

>I still like to think that if people were openminded enough then they can still
> enjoy free jazz (or maybe they need more beer / wine or something...)

contexts: seeing a performer blowing s/h/it's live breath through an
instrument makes for a compelling experience - this breaks down barriers to
perception / appreciation (or creates them?)

the physical act of using OBJECT / INSTRUMENT to make NOISE / MUSIC in front
of PEOPLE / AUDIENCE is intensely important - human sees human, a connection
is made .. worth thinking of in relation to live electronic performance
modes (it's inherently un-athletic / un-rock nature)

is the arrival of the 80s keyboard-guitar back into *cool* just a
contemporary subconscious yearning for a larger physical presence of
electronic performers ?

it's past midnight, and my brush-strokes are broad - goodnight !

_ ez

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