Friday, November 14, 2008

Snagging the last cup of pie at whole foods

This week has been a little harder as I'm sure at times the empty white pages of a diary can speak more than words. I will let it speak for itself as it is unrelated to the project.

I have been buzzing the idea of Fluxus while washing my hands in my friend's restroom.
Quoting Wiki on Fluxus:
  1. Fluxus is an attitude. It is not a movement or a style.
  2. Fluxus is intermedia. Fluxus creators like to see what happens when different media intersect. They use found and everyday objects, sounds, images, and texts to create new combinations of objects, sounds, images, and texts.
  3. Fluxus works are simple. The art is small, the texts are short, and the performances are brief.
  4. Fluxus is fun. Humour has always been an important element in Fluxus.
see: http://www.ubu.com/sound/fluxus.html

I'm remembering the work about a tour-group that took the audience around Museums to show ceiling fixtures, lights, fire extinguishers, etc.

This focus on the mundane/ hidden/ overlooked objects as (soundful) artistic creation lays in the background of my video documentary. It might behoove me to reference fluxus ideology to better explain the subconscious sounds of our surroundings. Of course, I will have to research further than Wiki.

Joey will arrive soon. I should write a nice blog about him in the coming week as he is important to the synthesis in technical aesthetics.
I've rented out the HVX 200 and we will do tests.
I have created a shot list - a rather poetic looking one at that.
We will discuss the metaphor and beauty of tone generation.

LIST:

Distorted/ Glitch Body and truth
Feedback and TV
Instrument Set up
and more.

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