[NewMusic] matmos lecture: the re-dematerialization of the art object

[Barry Threw]

Checked out the article.  Very informative.  Thanks.

I'll have to go through it a little more closely.

Sarah - 21 Grand wrote:
> Sarah - 21 Grand wrote:
>> Barry wrote:
>>
>>> - No, you're the equivalent of someone playing the preset song on the Casio
>>> mini-keyboard I got for Christmas when I was 9.
>> And there are some people who would see that as a valid art statement.
>> ...  Some asshole goes up on stage, presses a button on a
>> casio, and looks very austere.  By sheer hubris and wordplay they
>> convince an audience that it is a worthwhile statement.
>>
>> - precisely my point.
> 
> I don't get it?  Are you agreeing with me?  That was unexpected
> 
> - I'm saying that your "I make conceptual art" gambit is the equivalent of
> the casio auteur.
> 
> sl
> 
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