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The background to the organized sound of Gregorian chant, in a mediaeval monastic community, was not random noise. Silence—the silence of nature itself, in which the random noises of culture were...
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Our language is in a state of vast humiliation, it no longer describes the world in which we live. It describes a world that’s not here any more. Godfrey Reggio You have to be writing for the future,...
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Project Japan 27
Downtime in Tokyo: knocking these posts out now to wrap this up before we get home and it all goes stale. Monday 20 August Heather and I leave Sugoshicho behind and head for Kyoto. The afternoon is...
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Project Japan 28
Tuesday 21 – Thursday 23 August Daytimes we go out and about in Kyoto. It’s still baking hot (35-37 degrees) and heavily humid. The first day is largely “wasted” by visiting the Emporer’s Imperial...
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The facts: 1969 made-for-TV film by Jean-Luc Godard. The voice-overs are largely adapted from the Communist Manifesto. Godard claimed that the “news presenter” text was adapted from speeches by...
View ArticleNam June Paik – Videofilm Concert (1965)
Of course this all seems very crude by modern standards, but in the early 1960s this must have been mind-blowing. Note sophisticated audio manipulation.
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