Re: [-empyre-] fragile identities / taboo of destroying property

2012-02-20 Thread Marie Thompson
Hello, Apologies for my sudden quietness - i've been away and seem to have missed the boat a little. Anyhow, some quick thoughts/responses. 'As I was reading you on female voice and interfering women/noise, I immediately made some connection to concerts I had experienced a while back (Diamanda

Re: [-empyre-] fragile identities / taboo of destroying property

2012-02-19 Thread magnus lawrie
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 06:56:42PM +, Johannes Birringer wrote: > > > dear soft_skinned listeners > > thanks Magnus for expanding, i found it very helpful, and also wish to > reflect, perhaps, > later on Menotti's responses, the current debate largely responding to > Marie's posts > and he

Re: [-empyre-] fragile identities / taboo of destroying property

2012-02-18 Thread Johannes Birringer
dear soft_skinned listeners thanks Magnus for expanding, i found it very helpful, and also wish to reflect, perhaps, later on Menotti's responses, the current debate largely responding to Marie's posts and her performance. Before going on to discuss, may I ask whether some of you here were i

Re: [-empyre-] fragile identities / taboo of destroying property

2012-02-18 Thread Gabriel Menotti
Hey! >I spent a while doing the 'full with noise' strategy – >playing all sounds, all at once, loudly. But where do >you go once you've done that, when you've reached >(what you hear as) the limit? [Marie Thompson] This question leads me to think about how much a presentation to others involves t

Re: [-empyre-] fragile identities / taboo of destroying property

2012-02-17 Thread Baruch Gottlieb
Dear all, still lurking while trying to get over jetlag 9 times zones from last week's entries. regarding the women's noise theme, I am surprised nobody has mentioned Yoko Ono.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPA8TGNjqjs (it is not a good video for my point in that it doesn't focus on Yoko, but

Re: [-empyre-] fragile identities / taboo of destroying property

2012-02-17 Thread magnus
Dear Johannes, There's much in your post to reflect on - Thank you. Right now, I will just drop in a further brief addition about the performance I mentioned, since others have inquired about it also. > In response to Marie, Magnus mentions that he felt "lucky to participate > in a performance 'g

Re: [-empyre-] fragile identities / taboo of destroying property

2012-02-17 Thread Johannes Birringer
dear soft_skinned listeners: Almost caught up now with the present, and the turns that the debates has taken since Marie entered, and thanks to those many points raised, Marie, it gives good food for thought. As I was reading you on female voice and interfering women/noise, I immediately mad