Posted on: February 27, 2013
Posted on: April 8, 2016
“If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.” – Bertolt Brecht, 1939 “Behind matter, Within matter, the creative spirit is hidden” – Wassily Kandinsky, 1909 The physical act of destruction in music, whether it is the immediate outright destruction of a musical instrument, or its more prolonged misuse that ultimately results in its destruction, is a legitimate, creative and often progressive form of artistic expression. Here I aim to explore the history and theory behind… read more
Posted on: April 8, 2016
‘Great technology is beautiful technology” (Gelerntner in Brummett 1999) One only has to picture the image of Apple”s iPod and iPhone, or look around at any of the technology in your immediate environment right now to appreciate that we are surrounded by pleasing, clean, free-flowing curves with minimalist controls, switches and buttons. Brummett (1999) suggests that we also have a sensory relationship with our technological objects, and therefore we can appreciate the decayed machine just… read more