Re: [-empyre-] kicking off - noise

[Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>]

I somewhat agree with you, but noise _is_ universal, related to the second 
law of thermodynamics, quantum probability, etc. You might be interested 
in a book by Michel Serres, The Parasite - which develops a theory of 'the 
parasite,' related to noise, and culturally-productive and essential. Then 
there's Flores' and Winograd's work Understanding Computers and Cognition; 
they draw on Heidegger and notions of 'the broken.' - Alan


On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, su b wrote:

> Hi alan,
> I began thinking about noise when I did a brief catch up on information 
> theory and became interested in all these large arrows pointing into the 
> 'communications models'. The arrows were consistently labeled noise! And it 
> seemed to be a (paradoxical ) constant. I think noise has developed for me 
> now into a metaphorical term which finds its way as a traveller between 
> analogue and digital models. I'd be reluctant to label it (or anything for 
> that matter) universal. To me, the occurrence of noise, both visual and 
> sonic, is aesthetic but also material, so it is quite specific and located, 
> rather than universal. However this contradicts my first point that noise 
> seems to appear everywhere in the models - i guess it is this contradiction 
> that interests me the most. I think of digital media as inherently 
> contradictory, and this is what keeps me interested, it is simultaneously 
> pervasive and specific.
>
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