[livecode] Doug Stanley interview

From: DJ Fadereu <fadereu_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 13:23:10 +0400

Here is where I read this:
http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/008594.php#more
I thought I'd comment in the livecode mailing list
since Stanley is a member.

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Dear Douglas -
I'm curious to know how (and if) your concept of "abstract machines"
corresponds with my own. I started out by imagining that a hurricane
could be seen as a thermodynamical motor, but that wouldn't really
make it an "abstract machine" in the Delezean sense. Then I found
a link with ancient Vedic-Hindu yantras
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yantras)
which are basically fractal/symmetry structures
that one is supposed to stare at (a form of meditation).
I understand that converting gaming modules into Universal
Turing Machines (or simple sequencers, for that matter) is the
next big wave in performance art, but you see - there are still
elements here which are not abstract.
So for me the abstract machine should be a machine that the
performer "imagines' in front of him, and then uses manipulations
and livecoding of that imaginary machine to create an auditory
experience.
Are you pondering what I am pondering, Brain?
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DJ Fadereu
Bombay
An online archive of my work:
http://rohitgupta.xwiki.com
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