Speaking of which, does anyone from the Detroit area remember the two exhibitions that came to mind related to Detroit techno? It was a few years back.
One was a show at the now defunct Cement Space Gallery downtown, featuring local artwork influenced by techno music. I missed this one, but did attend the Cranbrook Institute one that showcased flyer art and had live performances. Carl Craig performed a live PA that was experimental. Speakers surrounded the auditorium and different sounds would be coming out of each one, alternating, or doing a surround affect starting from one end and finishing on the other, etc. I thought it was Throbbing Gristle in nature at times. In fact, I was shocked to hear Carl mention that he thought at times he sounded like Throbbing Gristle. Back then, being fairly new to Detroit techno I was shocked he had even listened to them. Just had more respect for Carl, coming from an Industrial/New Wave side of electronic music myself. I remember Carlos Souffront performing and another group whose name escapes me right now. Anyway it was an interesting event and the first time I ever saw Carl Craig perform. mee-thod wrote: > > Hey :) > > > A discussion on the relationship between Detroit techno and art movements > > would be cool, actually. Or has this been done before? It would be > > interesting. > > it's not directly related to detroit techno but there's an exhibition > currently on at the NGA called 'techno art'. It's the work of an melbourne > based artist, susan cohn. > > they have electronic music playing throughout the exhibition, which makes > sense in that both draw on modern industry as an influence. Cohn has said > she likes to use material or objects she sees in everyday modern > (industralia) life and create them into pieces of jwelery (bit more > besides that but u get the drift). Some of her pieces which are really > onteresting are her survival kits; which include a condom, a telephone > (tinsy wire piece), a magic pill that will save you but can only b used > twice, hearing devices. She also has pieces which take the functional idea > of a penciil or a walkman and make them pieces to wear with no function, > except to look good. Anodised metal shaped like a walkman, but it doesn't > work *grin*. Then there are her works that are fine wires you clamp to > your face to help reduce lines or correct unseemly facial expressions, > 'braces' for your face. > > Hmmm... very interesting and close to home for you cyclone. > > :) > > emma > mee-thod > -it's in the way that you groove it- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
