It is an intriguing idea, I do agree with that. However, the whole thing about "removing the ego" is canceled out by "multiple VJ/DJ people" controlling the banks of bio feedback sensors. What you would accomplish by this is taking out the one ego and replacing it with a small group of egos - which can be even more elitist and excluding than a single DJ.
If they are controlling the feedback, is it safe to assume they are selecting and manipulating what sounds the dancers are making via their movement/emotions? If so, then aren't the controllers injecting their egos into their performance or the control of the performance? I could imagine that after a while the accusations of egotism often leveled at DJs would just shift to the controllers of "extensive banks of bio feedback sensors". That said, there is a couple, I think in Amsterdam, that make experimental instruments, one of which is a massive Theramin type dance floor. I'll see if I can find their website. I think you'd find it very interesting. MEK still want to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 11/01/2007 08:49:45 PM: > > > well, you either have a person being the control mechanism (DJ) who can > > observe the room, take in emotional levels, combine them with her/his own, > > and spit back out something unexpected (like stopping the music and telling > > a story to the audience that has some relevance to what's going on) > > > > or > > > > you have a machine take in parameters, numbers, equations, and mix them > > with something that has been programmed into it (and a slower learning > > curve) and then spitting it back out hopefully matching where an audience > > wants to go > > I was very inspired by sci -fi writer Paul J. McAuley who described a future > rave where multiple VJ/DJ people controlled extensive banks of bio feedback > sensors .. in this system everyone in the audience provides input and > everyone is able to filter and feedback the input sources onto the system > which is an interconnected series of sound systems, holographic projectors, > lasers and lights. > > There is no specific centre to the situation .. it is a sprawling > massive of vibe > which he calls "the constant Wave". > > It was one of the more interesting future account of a rave that I > had ever read. > > http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue33/books.html > > .. > > While I respect the right of a few aficionados on the list to > protect their view > of reality around music. My history runs deep into the cultures of rave and > sound systems that rally the audiences for electronic music and I continue > to find interest in the ways that these communities form and evolve. > > In my area, raving developed completely new music audiences and ways of > experiencing music. While this format may have become settled in recent > years, I still think its interesting to push and progress the format. > > I know that the "rave" experience has inspired many artist in their work. > > My approach is to continue to create new types of environments both technical > and social that can stimulate new ideas in culture. > > The fact that this might present a challenge to the status quo is a > good thing! > > .simon
