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From:
The Chisa
To:
Philip Sherburne
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'idm@hyperreal.org'
Date:
Thu, 7 Jun 2001 22:28:49 -0400 (EDT)
Subject:
Re: [idm] re: IDM - Intelligence vs Emotion
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again: my purpose is to write good music, not derive the Nth root of Pi through sound. m@2zo www.thechisa.com On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Philip Sherburne wrote:
quoted 32 lines What do you folks think?> >What do you folks think? > > I think, frankly, that you have just doomed the list to another week of > half-assed amateur art criticism, pointless bickering, namecalling, > irrelevant posts, and the inevitable return to the state of agreeing to > disagree, with lots of "IMHOs" thrown about. Wells will probably say > something witty, at least, and maybe Alex Reuterz, if he's even still > around. > > The point you raise is mildly interesting but I'd rather see folks go off > and read some histories of conceptual art and not waste the list space on > it. When you say, "It seems to me that some in the genre are going much the > same way as modern art," it's so vague as to be entirely meaningless. Which > modern art(s)? Grounding the debate on such shaky foundations is a sure sign > that it will collapse into nothing but rhetorical rubble and puffery. > > Read John Cage's "Silence," then talk about "emotion" vs "intelligence." Go > see one of Carsten Nicolai's installations. Perhaps interacting with music > on a level other than consumerism (buying CDs as entertainment product) will > open up a different space for you. > > Cheers, > Philip > > > > > > > > >
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