plains

"There is an hour just at evening when the plains seem on the verge of saying something; they never do, or perhaps they do- eternally- though we don't understand it, or perhaps we do understand but what they say is as untranslatable as music...."


-Jorge Luis Borges, The End

kairos

completed in spring 2006 in 2 days. here is an excerpt from our project description:

"we will produce the work over a short period of time. we will work simultaneously in seperate locations, thomas yip in calgary, and scott peterson in toronto. ... in order to experience the theme of sensory fragmentation, scott peterson will work "blind" and thomas yip will work "deaf" with no feedback whatsoever from one another, the artists will address the specific media and independently explore the following question: what are the implications of modern humans' ability to influence sight through sound, and sound through sight? each artist will produce a 5 minute composition over a set period of time. the two compositions will be combined through editing at a later time"

kairos

environment no.1

composed by scott peterson in december2005 and performed by composers workshop.

this piece utilizes a prepared environment, consisting of room mics, speakers, and 6 musicians. every sound is cycled through a 'prepared software environment'- where it is filtered, altered, echoed, warped..

the horns (peter lutek, tom richards, simeon alev) play written material, the piano and guitar improvise on other written material.

a sample of the prose element:

"chaos (not real) an illusion as things are tending towards order, the chaos is simply elements organizing themselves."

environment no. 1

call to artists: project for the corner of lansdowne and college

at the intersection of College and Lansdowne there are 2 vacant buildings, a domino's pizza, and an unused parking lot.

this intersection is a hub; many streetcars, buses, cyclists, cars, and pedestrians pass through each day. nearby there is a grocery store, train tracks (cn and amtrack) and several residential areas.

what do the owners of this property intend to use it for? how could this space best serve the community as well as the people who pass through it? what actions could be taken to initiate discourse on the use of public space? how could this space be altered to positively effect the residents and users while easing the environmental impact of our mass transportation needs?

an interesting link from graffitirun:

how to turn a parking space into a park

destiny vs history

from "the rebel" by albert camus (1956)

"Already, as we can see, the great problem of modern times arises: the discovery that to rescue man from destiny is to deliver him to chance. That is why the contemporary mind is trying so desperately hard to restore destiny to man- a historical destiny this time."

Historical destiny has been enthroned in our modern ways of thinking- the dimensionless straight lines which our imaginations impose on everything around us. Man is trapped in history, each of us living a narrative with a supposedly predictable outcome. Delivery to chance, to the omniverse of acausal connection, reducing the bias of the eye, balancing the senses and deconditioning sensual experience- this is the end of history.

soon- autumn immersion 2 (trinity bellwoods)
airborne cognates c
winter solstice
viral

and who knows what else