Archive for March, 2006
I recently heard an anecdote (ascribed to the film ‘What the blip do we know’) that really intrigued me. Apparently, when the first European ships appeared off the coasts of the New World, the majority of Native Americans could not see them. By that I mean they could not perceive them, or distinguish them as shapes sitting on the horizon. They had never seen an object with that particular shape. There were no compatible matches in the data bank of imagery that created their visual consciousness. The template for visual image: “Spanish Galleon” was missing and, since there were no memories of such an image, they simply could not see them. Apparently, there was one shaman who could perceive the ships and was able to instruct others to also see them.
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Sprawl has set the tone and the scene for sound innovation in London for the past 10 years creating a space for experiencing it as an art form rather than as an excuse to socialize. Sprawl is an artist led, London based underground playground and test tube for current developments in sound that was set up by Iris Garrelfs and Douglas Benford in 1996. Their events provide a setting for presenting current work in experimental sound art, including turntable sounds, global internet link ups, virtual parties, minidisc doctoring and live music events at venues in London and music festivals. Through their activities, Sprawl champion innovative work in sound art and bring to London some of the most eclectic and forward-thinking practitioners from Europe and beyond.
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Somewhat late in the day, in reference to an earlier post on Limited Language, “After Digital” [April 2005]…
The posting points to the assumption, which in some respects is fairly entrenched already, that we have the hang of digital media, we can sit down, put our feet up in front of the widescreen, its freeview box and broadband access, and work out what our options are. [In the last 12 months, broadband and blog sites have made one’s relationship with “the digital world out there” much more effortless - one quickly forgets how 56K dial-up used to limit one’s range. Graphic Design has once again become a hot discussion point - what’s it all about? - but the discourse is mostly refereed by those that were there the last time round. Here we go again.]
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