-----Original Message----- From: Chloe Sasson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 313@hyperreal.org <313@hyperreal.org> Date: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 10:18 PM Subject: [313] Bits and Pieces
>Just a few responses to some of the posts of late >3. Also the relation between music and art.. very interesting. the obvious >connection here is graffiti in hip hop - isn't it unusuall that no other art >forms have really been spawned as a close relation of another musical style? >Thoughts? I don't know how new this is. If you look at the history of visual art (i'm really no authority) it seems like most of the established artists draw from current philosophical/critical discussions, the social moment and other forms of art for inspiration pretty often. I think what's interesting about graffiti in terms of this discussion is that both graffiti and hip hop come about almost at the same time and work hand in hand, both completely rejecting the means and methods of nearly all that precedes them, and doing so in a very counter-cultural or subcultural way - outside of the music and art mainstreams. That probably isn't new either, but the extremity of the change and the availability to low income participants is a pretty drastic change. then again, I'm really not an authority, I'm sure others know more about it than me and can expound upon that. Not completely related: Futura 2000's work for Mo' Wax seems pretty nice to me, especially Heads Vol. 2. Not sure if this is original work for the label, but there's a strong relationship there. His stuff is on a good deal of their releases. Two anecdotal notes: I saw an exhibition at the Chicago MOMA with a weird huge styrofoam looking ball with headphone plugs all over it. The headphones played Stereolab's Aluminum Tunes. Nice... The San Francisco MOMA recently had it's (10th?) anniversary party featuring the work of Sol Lewitt (?) with Mark Ambrose and Stacey Pullen spinning. The exhibition was open til 2am and Stacey Pullen DJed until 4am. Tristan ========================================== PHONOPSIA<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/5102 "FrogboyMCI" on AOL Instant Messenger New Album, "Québécois", online now. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
