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Brian Eno Video

Brian Eno brings in a surprisingly fresh and philosophical outlook towards music. In his quest to create a more desirable reality he has embraced a simple idea, but one with profound consequences: “simple systems can produce complex results.” By stripping the complexity and involving a random yet modular approach to creating music Eno produces works of art which dazzle their audience with their brilliant simplicity. One doesn’t need to take the classical or hierarchical approach to making music and let all flow of information propagate downwards. New age artists can mashup different technologies to create a completely different musical experience.

There is too much copying between artists nowadays as they race for top spots on the Billboard charts. Creativity is hindered by greed and the business/marketing aspect of music has corrupted the core behind what musicians stand for. Eno argues that things have simply evolved with the digital age and the current generation cannot savor music like previous generations because digital technology has saturated their ability to fully enjoy it. All the latest tracks are available to us via many mediums so what becomes essential is to capture the musical experience by having festivals and virally spreading it across social networks.

THX sound

Everyone please check this out

http://www.batuhanbozkurt.com/instruction/recreating-the-thx-deep-note

Class on Thursday

Will be held at the REVE and i will demo 5.1 and surround mixing which will make up a large portion of your final projects so please try to attend.
We had class in the REVE the first day as i recall. so let me know if you need directions.

We will cover multi-channel input and output thoroughly
bring sound files [MONO] aif and .wavs to test your own ideas

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Brakhage, Matmos, Autechre, Miller, and a Remix

For the listening assignment, I listened to "The Civil War" and the remix of Bjork's "Triumph of the Heart" by Matmos, as well as "Wissensee" by Autechre. It was interesting to me that the visuals paired with the work related to images from Art History: an Escher-inspired animation for "Wissensee," and a woman in pearls for the Bjork piece who is reminiscent of a Klimt painting. I also viewed several of the films of Stan Brakhage's, including "Mothlight"and "Water for Maya," which were like beautiful layers of abstract paintings seen in rapid succession. All this reflects Paul Miller/DJ Spooky's talk about the interrelationship of art forms, and how those participating in digital culture mine all of cultural history for elements of newly crafted work. As an illustration of this theme, below is my favorite remix using the movie "Hook," deftly edited into a soundtrack and video.

Dylan @ Whitehouse reaction

http://www.chris-floyd.com/component/content/article/1-latest-news/1935-the-gift-of-the-revenant-passing-on-the-truth-in-an-act-of-mourning.html

Brian Eno: A Tuesday in 1987

After viewing the BBC interview with Brian Eno, I was struck by his willingness to try something that he may not be good at- what could be called Play. As he states, we are told by our culture that we must pay attention to ourselves and that we must take control. By giving up this need for total control, to surrender, we give ourselves permission to enjoy doing things like singing that we might not be good at. We can hunt for fossils without being paleontologists, we can sing in the choir, we make drawings for pleasure without the thought of producing a show piece. I think this lifting of our own urge to self-criticize frees us up to explore, though I can relate to other posts, which refer to having perfectionist tendencies. I think that the automatons shown in this piece are incredibly evocative, juxtaposed as they are with Eno’s creativity, like making maps of the events of his daily life. Whenever I'm feeling stuck in a rut, I’ll have to try that to remind myself that I'm getting somewhere even if I don't yet know what that "where" is.

Installation HOW TO:

OKay our midterm is evolving into an HOW TO set up an installation piece in an art space. As i suggested, prepare your audio for Tuesday.
We will MEET in the Fine Arts Gallery. We will setup our soudn system and check it. I will also be setting up projectors and such for the video portions of the shows. I will curate and play them.

Because of the variable times, I do not demand that you be present at these shows except for during class times.

Audio class deliver me your midterm .WAV for inclusion, try to come by tuesday if you can and you are excused from Thursday's meeting.


IRS CLASS we will spend tuesday setting up the gallery for a multi-projection environment.