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Victoria Hughes

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Jul 5, 2012, 9:17:09 PM7/5/12
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You nailed the issue, Gary. Nice to see someone else so lucidly describing something that has been increasingly challenging for me as well as many others. 
    The thing that disturbs me about current manifestations is that the wonderful potential of these instruments is demonstrated with music that is lacking in imagination, substance or depth. This is the central issue and difficulty in the science/art collaboration. Neither understands the goals of the other side. Technicians can make the instruments. Musicians can't. Musicians can discover unexpected ways of applying the instruments. Technicians can't. In the end, neither understands the other.
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    Gary Lee Nelson <gne...@oberlin.edu> Jul 05 06:14PM -0600  

    I love this kind of thing. Worked on a lot of similar projects of my own and with students and colleagues. These are exciting continuations of the non-stop stream of instrument experiment and development. There was a time when the violin and piano were experimental. There were predecessors that ceased to meet the needs of performers and composers in some way or another.
     
    The thing that disturbs me about current manifestations is that the wonderful potential of these instruments is demonstrated with music that is lacking in imagination, substance or depth. This is the central issue and difficulty in the science/art collaboration. Neither understands the goals of the other side. Technicians can make the instruments. Musicians can't. Musicians can discover unexpected ways of applying the instruments. Technicians can't. In the end, neither understands the other.
     
    I have spent most of my career trying to understand and resolve this impasse. Our own Currents 2012 seems to have addressed this problem more successfully than the international competitions where I have served on the review panels. Currents has substantial visuals coupled with sound that matches it artistically.
     
    I wonder if the Santa Fe artists and scientists who read and post to this discussion would be interested in forming an informal forum where we can seriously discuss the future of intermedia.
     
    Gary
     
    On Jul 5, 2012, at 3:39 PM, Chuck Baldwin wrote:
     
     
    Richard Lowenberg <lowe...@designnine.com> Jul 05 05:38PM -0600  

    This is the final weekend for the Currents: New Media Festival.
    A great program for the entire family and friends.
    Tomorrow (Friday, 4-8:00) "3D-VIS", works by LANL and Sandia Labs'
    3D visualization teams. Don't miss it.
    See you all there.
    Richard
     
     
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Victoria Hughes

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Jul 5, 2012, 9:15:49 PM7/5/12
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