On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Michael Stutz wrote:
> What Tesla said ... we could come up with some categories to start
> with, depending on what listers are doing, and begin sharing this
> stuff in our studio ... Gimp brushes are one fine example, what else?
> Drum patterns, samples, backgrounds and clip art, scripts and tools?
yes, although i was thinking in terms of artwork rather that tools - but
tools may be presented as artwork of course (such as my friend
auto-illustrator[0]).
> Another idea is to start with a single finished work for collective
> sampling from or modification, like an mp3 or digital photo, as the
> constraints which to work within ...
yes, this is a nice idea. of course photos may be transformed into audio
in millions of different ways, and vice versa. we all have different
techniques and media we prefer to work within, and different things we
want to communicate (or not) through our work. i'd find these different
interpretations fascinating.
we don't have to all be programmers either. for example, a graphic artist
might want to illustrate a piece of music graphically, using just their
intuition, and so on. i don't think we need any rules as such.
the idea has undoubtedly been done before, but what would make this
different and interesting (to us at least) is the people involved.
alex
[0] i got auto-illustrator (see http://www.auto-illustrator.com) working
fine in wine by the way
--
"If a fiasco made a sound I think it would be onomatopoeic."
