4/14 p3
thousands of possible images and variations —
any image or piece of writing can be modified filtered layered etc —
thousands of variations from a few images — and i have thousands of images — any image can be used —
something massive — thousands of ‘pages’
(pages can be any size — books are limited — they can have fold outs and different page layouts —
but the size in constrained — bound) —
digital pages can be any size — page one can be a single paragraph
and the next page spread out over a space equivalent to several screens —
a page that has to be scrolled because it can’t be seen all at once —
(mechanism i used in storyspace where the scroll window allowed two separate ‘blocks’
along with the intermediate scroll — i could size the window to do that
take things out of context — house designs — list etc — things found in books — found papers — paintings scans etc —
DWELL 5/13 steven holl design based on istvan anhalt symphony of modules —
28 minutes of music — he estimated that it would take 50 hours of practice to master the performance
“today, the score and its supporting material—diagrams, charts, graphs—occupy four large boxes; the symphony has never been performed.”
sketch published in cage collection - notations -
(a great book — another thing that should not have gone out of print —
architecture and music —
‘new sonic architecture’ show that introduced me to so much music & i’ll always be grateful to matt martins —
SUNY Plattsburgh — not where one would expect it —