the duality
http://generalpraxis.blogspot.com/2009/02/leverage.html
“And I”ve turned back to William Basinski’s incredible piece The Disintegration Loops, the story of which (especially with its 9/11 postscript) so aptly sums up this decade:
“In the process of archiving and digitizing analog tape loops from work I had done in 1982, I discovered some wonderful sweeping pastoral pieces I had forgotten about. Beautiful, lush cinematic truly American pastoral landscapes swept before my ears and eyes. With excitement I began recording the first one to CD, mixing a new piece with a subtle random arpeggiated countermelody from the Voyetra. To my shock and surprise, I soon realized that the tape loop itself was disintegrating: as it played round and round, the iron oxide particles were gradually turning to dust and dropping into the tape machine, leaving bare plastic spots on the tape, and silence in these corresponding sections of the new recording. I had heard about this happening, and frankly was very afraid of this happening to me since so much of my early work was precariously near the end of its shelf life. Still, I had never actually seen it happen, yet here it was happening. The music was dying. I was recording the death of this sweeping melody. It was very emotional for me, and mystical as well. Tied up in these melodies were my youth, my paradise lost, the American pastoral landscape, all dying gently,gracefully, beautifully. Life and death were being recorded here as a whole: death as simply a part of life: a cosmic change, a transformation. When the disintegration was complete,the body was simply a little strip of clear plastic with a few clinging chords, the music had turned to dust and was scattered along the tape path in little piles and clumps. Yet the essence and memory of the life and death of this music had been saved: recorded to a new media, remembered”
marx reading group
Marx’s Capital Vol.1 ~ reading group
class #4 Sunday March 29th / 6PM
what: pre-read Capital Vol.1 Chapters 7-9
Capital reading group
Marx’s Capital Vol.1 ~ reading group
class #3 Sunday March 15th / 6PM
what: pre-read Capital Vol.1 Chapters 4-6
Auroville, founded in 1968, is an experimental township in South East India. It is a concept for human unity by means of embracing our natural diversity. Basically a large cohabitation, Auroville is supposed to be above and without politics and religion. Its property is not owned by individuals but by the collective township. The town is self-sustained in terms of energy, agriculture, and economy. It is accepted and supported by both the Indian Government and UNESCO. Auroville is an experiment in progressive living, human unity, and embracing the future of mankind. Successful?
Check it out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auroville
http://www.auroville.org/index.htm
Marx Reading Group
Marx’s Capital Vol.1 ~ reading group
class #2 Tuesday March 3rd / 8PM
what: pre-read Capital Vol.1 Chapters 3
where: Chiparaki: 1637 Spring St LA CA
just came across site for reading Capital: http://readingcapital.org/ I haven’t had time to go over it yet.
marx reading group
Marx’s Capital Vol.1 ~ reading group
class #1 Sunday Feb 22nd / 2PM
what: pre-read Capital Vol.1 Chapters 1 & 2 – and watch David Harvey’s introduction lecture
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