[microsound] naked lunch project

[burnett at pobox.com]

On Tue, 26 May 2009, Kim Cascone wrote:

> I very much like the idea of forming a microsound project around the
> 50th Anniversary of the book Naked Lunch
> I'm currently reading a book called 'Noise' which is comprised of
> short stories influenced by the work of Sonic Youth
> so maybe we can try and do something in reverse: creating sound art
> works that are influenced by a book
> here is a rough idea for the project:
> - all works must be 3 minutes or under
> - deadline: June 30 2009
> - content: cut-ups, post-modern ruptures and breaks, microsonic
> granular deconstruction, letting the future leak through fractured
> text and sound...this is the tribute we would like to pay to the man
> who - other than John Cage - did so much for the arts
>
> post a message to the list and let us know if we can expect a piece
> from you...we also need some visuals for the microsound web page so
> any visual artists out there wanting to do something please also post
> to the list?
> thanks!

I'm in.

Steve Burnett  Subscape Annex http://www.subscapeannex.com