Just an extract from a blog- re aust sound art. Although sound is a
medium I have worked with I am no musician. (Seriously tone death with
two left feet. but a uts grad) but as follows...
Most laptop performers are in fact unusually knowledgeable when it comes
to histories of sound and music. And in fact many of the laptop
performers in Australia have passed in recent years through the newly
established university degrees in electronic and media arts now so
popular at institutions such as UTS, UWS, COFA and RMIT, in which they
are commonly taught art and music theory side-by-side and emerge well
aware of both histories. Prior to this it seems most identified as
either sound artists or musicians. However these are boundaries that
remain undefined and now seem irrelevant as we acknowledge the work of
artists such as Russolo, Burroughs and Cage, in which all sound stands
approachable as music, and indeed all music is recognizable as sound.
http://www.realtimearts.net/article/72/8087
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I have chronic fatigue syndrome so I may be delayed in my reply. Just to
let you know, that's all. Chris Jones.
Blog: http://abdevpoetics.blogspot.com/
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