Why is sitting in an audience and witnessing the mechanics of music
creation anti-social?
Maybe you are challenging the 'authority' of the performer?
On 25 Feb 2008, at 15:50, alex wrote:
> I am suggesting that livecoders (and computer musicians in general)
> should either
>
> a) somehow show some mechanics behind what they are doing, so that the
> audience can feel part of the performance, and open themselves up to
> the
> music
> b) arrange not to have a stage, so the audience doesn't focus on them
> but instead on each other, or themselves (dancing with eyes shut)
>
> I think a) works quite well with a seated audience, and b) works well
> with a standing/dancing audience. That is, a) is anti-social, and
> b) is
> social. Of course you can have something in between, like a pub where
> some people are chatting, some people are watching the performance and
> others are moving between. And then you can have a livecoder making
> music without an audience at all, or recording it and making it
> available as mp3 downloads with no prescribed visual element at all...
Received on Mon Feb 25 2008 - 17:10:59 GMT