Once you release your creation to the world , the world
has the prerogative to it's our interpretation, i would think.
mando
On Nov 16, 2008, at 7:24 AM, GEOFF CREALOCK wrote:
William: For my money, if a composer has completed a piece of
music, has it performed and your conclusion after hearing it is:
"Well, what skill and technique!" I would expect the composer to be
disappointed. His music has not reached you, made a difference to
you. The performer might be pleased but I would agree with Chris
about your missing of the music (which is surely the point of the
effort).
re discourse: He WAS the final word in October. I'm not sure who it
is this month.
Geoff C
From: William Conger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: recognition of skill
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:39:00 -0800 (PST)
1st sentence. Nonsense.
Last sentence. I didn't know that Miller was the final word re art
discourse.
WC
--- On Sat, 11/15/08, Chris Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Chris Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: recognition of skill
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Saturday, November 15, 2008, 9:46 AM
> Miller's Theory of musical performance: If the first
> thing you remember is
> the performer's skill or body movement -- the
> performer has failed to deliver
> the music (at least as far as you are concerned)
>
> But regarding skill -- yes, of course it's
> "dangerous to compare the arts"
>
> Does Classical music require great skill and the
> educational support system
> to achieve it ? Yes --- definitely.
>
> And what about Contemporary Visual Art ?
>
> Absolutely not.
>
> Skill is not only irrelevent -- it's counter productive
> to advancing the
> discourse.
>
> Thank goodness our leading educational institutions focus
> on art theory and
> art business!
>
> (I apologize for turning sarcastic -- but Michael does it
> so often, I'm afraid
> it's a bit contagious)
>
>
> *************************
>
> I know it's dangerous to compare the arts, but today I
> heard the astonishing
> pianist, Simon Trpceski. I saw his hands move like
> birds' wings. I saw his
> body sway and lean and sweat as though posessed as he
> played Tchaikovsky. As
> Pollock once retorted that he "was nature" so did
> Trpceski seem to be the
> music. And his genius comes alive through skill. What
> could he do without his
> skill? He might lean and sway but he would not play as he
> does...and bring
> the whole audience to its feet for more than ten minutes of
> applause and
> cheers. What do we make of this when we see the visual
> arts purposely
> "deskilled"
> today? When we routinely dismiss skill as being the least
> of the aesthetic
> concerns what are we doing?
>
> I don't know. Although "for every loss there is a
> gain" there is no guarantee
> that they are equal.
>
>
>
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