[microsound] diffusion as an art-form

[Michal Seta]

The unfortunate fact of learning diffusion is that you need a number
of speakers (and really, the most fun is if you have over 20) and a
large enough space to actually appreciate what you do.  There are a
number of universities that organize acousmatic concerts on a regular
basis and i think a good start is to go to those concerts and first
get a feel of how it is done by someone experienced.  And then, look
out for workshops or, if there is an institution that organizes such
concerts, ask to practice, or something.  It would be best to hear
different people performing the same pieces, that's where you get the
idea.  After all the music does not change it is only the spacial
placement of various musical events that actually changes the whole
experience.

I was fortunate enough to attend some diffusion workshops in the mid-
to late 90s in Montréal when Réseaux was organizing the concert series
called Rien à voir (nothing to see).  During the series they had
invited (and local) electroacoustic composers conduct workshops in
diffusion.  A masterclass of sorts.  It was great not only as
performance practice but also helped to understand the pieces you
worked on (not to mention actually "learn" them).  And it is one thing
diffusing your own music and another diffusing someone else's.

Also see:
cec.concordia.ca/econtact/Diffusion/pracdiff.htm
The website is currently down (since Thursday) but it should come back
sooner or later (perhaps you can google for "econtact diffusion" and
read the cached article or wayback machine may have cached it, too).

Diffusion is great fun.

./MiS

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Eric Mattson<oral at videotron.ca> wrote:
> tkrakowiak a écrit :
>>
>> diffusion, osmosis, definately F.Lopez
>>
>> 2009/6/12 CraqueMat <craque at craque.net <mailto:craque at craque.net>>
>>
>>     In my opinion, the discipline of improvisation.
>>
>>     Milan Davidovic wrote:
>>     > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Kim
>>     Cascone<kim at anechoicmedia.com <mailto:kim at anechoicmedia.com>> wrote:
>>     >> what amazes me is how many people in the various arts (dance,
>>     film, etc)
>>     >> have no knowledge of the 'art of diffusion'...
>>     >
>>     > Where would you send them to learn about it?
>>     >
>>     _______________________________________________
>>
>
> to me ?!?!?!
>
> This may sound pretentious, but learning from other disciplines -despite
> the topic of this talk- and from some performers which has have
> developped difusion as an art. i do put a lot of emphasis on the
> condition of diffusion, the context vs the artist contents. Thinking
> about it is the heart of audio curating.
>
> Eric
>
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