Twenty-five or so years ago I read Jack Burnham’s 1968 essay on systems aesthetics and the visual arts. Recently I ran across it and on rereading it was struck by how applicable the concept of systems aesthetics is to much current sound art. For Percorsi Musicali I set out some thoughts on the subject, with … More systems aesthetics & sound art
My friends Jim Adams and Chris Videll—BLK TAG—have just put out a release on the Onyudo label featuring live and studio recordings of their psychologically fraught electronic soundscapes. A track recorded live at the National Electronics Museum has me sitting in virtually: Samples of my work were included in its source material. Low tones for … More how to sit in with an ensemble, without actually having to be there
C. Reider has a nice description of the making of after 30 x 12 from his side of things. His label, Vuzh Music, consistently features conceptually rigorous process-based soundart.
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