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http://www.ubu.com/sound/bayle.html -Oiseau Chanteur – 1964
I initially picked this sound because I liked the speakers voice in the beginning. I like how the sound the sound goes in and out and sounds like someone is tuning a radio to different stations but it might just be all instrumental. The sound also remains me of a cartoon character getting away with something because it sounds like someone is laughing and the sound that backs it up is intense.
I enjoyed how Russolo introduced our relationship with sound in “The Art of Noises” by stating “in antiquity, life was nothing but silence….In fact, nature is normally silent, except for storms, hurricanes, avalanches, cascades, and some exceptional movements.” The start of noise was natural and unconscious because it was not man made or manipulated. This is why he goes on to say “the ear of a eighteen century man never could withstood the discordant intensity of some of the chords produced by our orchestra, on the other hand our ears rejoice in it, for they are attuned to modern life.” This makes me wonder if Russolo would be able to withstand the music we listen to in the 21st century.
It is important for noise or music to evolve and change over time because it adds to the diversity of sound that can be produced. It also allows us not to be bored or annoyed by the current state of noise. Russolo mentions that we appreciate the classics but in a way they become a cliché and we don’t want to hear them as someone from that era would. I can say that music from two centuries ago might sound outdated or overused but I’m grateful for them because they have influences in modern music. I think it’s cool that every different generation has a new library music that is created and is always available to listen.
A great fact was that “each noise possesses among its irregular vibrations a predominant pitch.” I was intrigued to learn that no matter the difference of each pitch it does not drive the noise from it authentic. This reminded me of singers who may perform their most popular songs even though the words are the same, the noise their voices make will not be exactly the same from their last performance.
Wark’s work “A Hackers Manifesto,” was written in an interesting way.” I found myself reading it like it was a code or like a poem because all the subjects that Wark writes about seemed to connect like hackers connects with manifestation, production, etc.
A quote I enjoyed was “To hack is to produce or apply the abstract to information and express the possibility of new worlds.” I think he is trying to say that hacking simply comes from an idea that is abstract because at the moment it doesn’t exist only to the mind of the creator but then it turns into something real.
Many people would give hackers a bad reputation like the freaks and geeks that are mentioned in paragraph 03, because hackers are known to tamper with what is not theirs. But in this text he doesn’t give the impression that he is blaming them for doing something that people may consider as illegal. Instead, Wark’s writing has a tone of respect of the process and explains of a hacker.
In paragraph 03, I think Wark is trying to say that we don’t know how to explain how we are different from other individuals from the class we choose to be in. He gives us different sections that can help us better explain how we produce, abstract, and manifest what we do. Although “A Hackers Manifesto,” mainly explains the process, influence, and impact hackers have to the world, I think it can be abstract to other classes. In a way, we are like hackers because there we are more involved in many aspects of life than just being a hacker, artist, philosopher, and other classes or professions. I would have to agree with Warker’s point that we are all hackers because we are influence by other and history. We take what we learn and manifest it to our own art in life.
A quote I enjoyed from “Seeing the Brick and Cameraless Animation” was:
“In which Disney ‘shows kids cutting school, shoplifting and playing hooky, hoboes free from having to work, prisoners escaping prison, or simply Alice running away to have adventures.”
This statement caught my attention because Disney is challenging what seems like the censorship of cartoons that are meant to be fictional and have non human lives. Disney may have brought new challenges to the animation world by personifying the art of animation to the next level, by transforming the cartoons intentions and desires to represent human life. Like most technology animation was undergo an evolution of differences and similarities based on who is in charge and that whats was going on with animation during the start of Disney.
Disney was being innovated with the resources they had and expressing a message that was new through the animation medium. They wanted to stress social issues while still remaining entertaining and different. I enjoy how Disney involves controversial topics in their movies because they often find a good way of hiding it or creating an illusion of what the animations actions truly symbolize.
In the introduction of “Seeing the Brick and Cameraless Animation,” the author mentions that a form of animation were flip books that by turning the page they revealed a moving image. Usually they were a form of pornography, so that is a form of realism in an animated way. I don’t find the flip book less unrealistic than Disney movies.
