Machinic vision {delueze, virilio, others}

The history of philosophy has always been the agent of power in philosophy, and even in thought. It has played the repressors role: how can you think without having read Plato, Descartes, Kant and Heidegger, and so-and-so's book about them? A formidable school of intimidation which manufactures specialists in thought - but which also makes those who stay outside conform all the more to this specialism which they despise. An image of thought called philosophy has been formed historically and it effectively stops people from thinking.
Gilles Deleuze

After Reading six we went into a small discussion involving some contemporary issues around the concept of machine, during that discussion I exerted the terms "machinic" and "mechanic" to explain my point of view about the virtuosity and its relation with musical instruments, I should say that i arrived to this definition some time ago reading to the French post-modernists writers. I found a text that I recommend reading it, for its author present a sum-up of visions around the machine as an abstract key model for an industrial and post industrial society understanding. He called them under the name Machinic vision. He based his work on Virilio, and Delueze. I think for those interested on this topic it is a good option to take a look of this text. By John Johnston

• It can be downloaded here: http://pktweb.com/drnn1076/mdm/JohnstonMachinicVision99.pdf
  

We also mentioned several times to Virilio and pointed to him some concepts, here a "nice" and "fast" introduction of some of the Virilio's ideas By David Cook On cTheory.net (a digital-tech_theory journal)

• Virilio: Politics of Real Time: http://www.ctheory.net/articles.aspx?id=360
  

I hope you get the time to read'em en el futuro.

ernst jandl - an austrian (sound) poet

this guy came to my mind, when talking bout sound poetry. Find examples on last.fm: http://www.last.fm/music/Ernst+Jandl

on his website (german): http://www.ernstjandl.com/
soundarchive on his website: http://www.ernstjandl.com/archiv_sound.html
on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Jandl

quote from wikipedia: he also translated john cages "silence".

Play list reading 7

HI everybody,
Here is a small playlist we (Efi and Ricardo) prepare for you. It is based on our assigned reading as you might know it is about the voice.
For our purposes, I suggest paying attention to the following pieces:

• David Toop: The chairs story
• The hafler trio: Inherent aggression
• Art ensemble of Chicago: Hail we now sing joy
• Walter Ruttman: Wochenende (already listen in class)
• Kurt Schwitters: Die Sonate in Urlauten

The other pieces are references to current works by artists mentioned on reading 7.

Reading 7|Bob Cobbing

Here a link for the artist Bob Cobbing(reference for the Reading 7).

Some Contributions on the 14.01.2008 Meeting

Virtual Bodies and Flickering Signifiers* N. KATHERINE HAYLES

http://www.english.ucla.edu/faculty/hayles/Flick.html

An excerpt from How We Became Posthuman
Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics
by N. Katherine Hayles

http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/321460.html

The Book that i mentioned

http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11150


and something more here

http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/sa/artresearch/bst


more will follow....
enjoy

Thanasis

Distance and Aura (From Benjamin to Virilio)

We referred today to the concepts of Benjamin's 'aura' and Virilio's 'speed of light' regarding new means of communication and telecommunication. Distance and Aura is a really interesting chapter -I beleive- from Lev Manovich book "The Language of New Media".I hope you gonna enjoy that, ...as a 'thoughtful pleasure'.

http://www.aec.at/fleshfactor/subs/distance.html

Brainloop / Brain Computer Interface

The Brainloop groups uses electrical impules created by brain activity to control computer software. Additionally they also make a PD based audio performance during their "show".

More info on: http://www.aksioma.org/brainloop/

Industrial music

I was (and i believe i'm) a fan of industrial music for a long period of my life, I've found some references to this genre during our readings for the lecture. Therefore i would like to share with you some information about this "music". I think it is relevant and perhaps even interesting for those who don't know or haven't heard about it before.

It was (is) to be a vehicle to explore a new form of expression through analysis, presentation and aural stimulation. Industrial music was (is) something like a strike against the information war launched by the propaganda leaders and it positioned it as more than just a musical movement, but an alternative culture.

Examples of early people on the industrial label include Monte Cazzazza, Clock DVA, Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, Leather Nun, and William S. Burroughs. Late 70's and early 80's

Examples of some bands during 80's and 90's would include: Non, SPK, Einstuerzende Neubauten, Test Department, Laibach, Rhythm and Noise, Ono, Trial, Skinny Puppy , Revolting Cocks, Ministry, Front 242 and Front Line Assembly.

These essential ideas are the make up for the movement:

• Organizational Autonomy.
• Access to Information.
• Use of Synthesizers and Anti-Music.
• Extra-Musical Elements.
• Shock Tactics.
  

More hints to the history here:
http://18hz.deid.net/rec-music-industrial-faq.htm [3 history]

About industrial culture, just excerpts (unfortunately)
http://www.researchpubs.com/books/ichprod.php

Extended information
http://media.hyperreal.org/zines/est/articles/preindex.html

OK, but how do they sound?

Final Presentation Date 29.03.2008 @ 13:00

Final Presentation Date 29.03.2008 @ 13:00
Room 2.10.090

DJ spooky at Dallas Art Museum on Duchamp

Video for presentation

Another Playlist for Reading 5

Antonio Inspired me to post also a playlist..even at this time
hope you can hear it even after tommorow...enjoy

Playlist electronica

Here is a playlist of some interesting tracks about tomorrows presentation. I am not that new to last.fm so I now I know that you can listen to the whole song using the shuffle option of playlist...

See you later!