Subject: Re: sound art = music?
From: Kevin Austin (kevin.austin@videotron.ca)
Date: Mon Jun 12 2006 - 17:17:56 EDT
I would propose that the confusion here is that sound art could be
acoustic in nature. Electroacoustics relies upon the transduction
medium of a loudspeaker.
At 1:46 PM -0400 06 06 12, Michael Gogins wrote:
>I don't see that "sound art" is a borderline case since it uses the
>same technological medium as electroacoustic music, namely, sound
>recordings.
>
>...
>In my view, the people who insist on calling sound art "not music"
>are like critics in the early 20th century who insisted on calling
>abstract paintings "not painting." Critics don't do that any more.
But the general public often does.
Best
Kevin
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