On 26/12/15 13:48, Tristan Strange wrote:
> On 26 December 2015 at 12:06, David Griffiths <dave_at_pawfal.org> wrote:
>> One of the most exciting things (for me) about livecoding is that it
>> exposes a wonderful confusion we have about subject and object - is
>> music the outcome or is the code?
>
> I suppose live coding could shine a light on that. This happens
> every-time we examine music(perhaps art?) and notation of any type
> though doesn't it?
Maybe there are few art forms/contexts which highlight this as
explicitly as when code is projected. Often notations are designed to be
hidden, secret even.
>> Do we manipulate sound in order to
>> understand the code we're writing, or manipulate code in order to make
>> people dance? It's rarely one-directional or simple.
>
> We can do both. It varies from practitioner to practitioner doesn't it?
Absolutely, as well the same performer varying, during a performance.
cheers,
dave
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