Hola I think there should be a notice board on the DRIFT site so you can comment on the work. But...maybe I missed it.
I think it to say events and occurrences speak for themselves is the usual way for the artist to absolve themselves of responsibility for their work. this only serves to reinforce the passive, apolitical and indeed disturbingly voyeuristic nature of this type of sound art. A question I often ask myself is ; is this type of work simply a NEW form of audio tourism? since blaise cenders and the futurists already drove this 'city as narrative' stake into the black heart of ART eighty years ago. are you sure there are people living in this city? any recordings of the crack dealers in St Denis? maybe they would kick your ass when they see a microphone. did the buskers get a Euro dropped their way? possibly not, because then one has to explain why you are recording them. OK, so....yes, artists should explore and expressing their feelings, translate what they see or feel in their own unique way. but they should NEVER be tourists. the marvelous within the everyday is when you cross the road without being knocked down. For me this piece does not work because it is too formally structured, a linear construction utilizing the conventional concepts of motif and mechanical repetition. devoid of any sense of any sense of personality, flux, confusion or rapid oscillation which are common features of a city. it says a lot about the techniques of the artist but nothing about the city. "I'm not a tourist, I live here", as I once saw on a T-shirt in Berlin. best Robert Harmon > DRIFT Radio: Hubbub by Mark Vernon > 14 - 20 March > > Recorded on visits to Paris, Hubbub is an extraordinary sonic portrait > of the city's heart. An urban soundscape that condenses auditory > experiences, refining their essence to reveal the marvellous within the > everyday. > > The programme takes the form of a series of self contained but > interrelated audio vignettes which when heard as a whole create an open > ended narrative in which the listener can participate. > > To listen to the stream, visit the DRIFT website at > http://www.mediascot.org/drift > > -------------------------------------------------- > New Media Scotland > P.O. Box 23434, Edinburgh EH7 5SZ > Tel. +44 131 477 3774 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.mediascot.org > -------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------------------------- > a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland > post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > archive: http://www.mediascot.org/ambit > info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > and write "info ambit" in the message body > ------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] archive: http://www.mediascot.org/ambit info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
