Comments on: Video: GX Tour – Frank Bretschneider http://www.generatorx.no/20060424/video-gx-tour-frank-bretschneider/ Software and generative strategies in art and design Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:07:16 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: serial consign http://www.generatorx.no/20060424/video-gx-tour-frank-bretschneider/comment-page-1/#comment-142915 serial consign Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:33:57 +0000 http://www.generatorx.no/?p=429#comment-142915 <strong>raster-noton does toronto...</strong> ... raster-noton does toronto…

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]]> By: watz http://www.generatorx.no/20060424/video-gx-tour-frank-bretschneider/comment-page-1/#comment-1979 watz Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:38:49 +0000 http://www.generatorx.no/?p=429#comment-1979 Interesting perspective, I see your point but ultimately I have to disagree. In concert, the work of both Bretschneider and Nicolai involves creating a new space for the exploration and appreciation of certain structures. The visuals are an important part of that space, reinforcing the logic of the piece. For instance, the visuals sometimes accentuate certain micro-structures that are little more than blips in the sound. So while it is in a way true that the screen "tells you what you should hear", I think that is exactly the intention. To have an expressive video disconnected from the sound would be missing the point. Of course, as you suggest, the alternative would simply be to have no visuals. I would certainly agree that visuals can be a distraction, and that poor visuals will always make music sound less interesting. PS: I like your <a href="http://thomastraum.com/work/satellitefilms" rel="nofollow">Satellite Films</a>, a great use of Google Maps and a fitting acknowledgement of the fetishistic side to mapping applications. <a href="http://thomastraum.com/1/_old/version3/work/daswar2004/" rel="nofollow">This poster</a> is nice too. Interesting perspective, I see your point but ultimately I have to disagree.

In concert, the work of both Bretschneider and Nicolai involves creating a new space for the exploration and appreciation of certain structures. The visuals are an important part of that space, reinforcing the logic of the piece. For instance, the visuals sometimes accentuate certain micro-structures that are little more than blips in the sound.

So while it is in a way true that the screen “tells you what you should hear”, I think that is exactly the intention. To have an expressive video disconnected from the sound would be missing the point. Of course, as you suggest, the alternative would simply be to have no visuals. I would certainly agree that visuals can be a distraction, and that poor visuals will always make music sound less interesting.

PS: I like your Satellite Films, a great use of Google Maps and a fitting acknowledgement of the fetishistic side to mapping applications. This poster is nice too.

]]> By: TT http://www.generatorx.no/20060424/video-gx-tour-frank-bretschneider/comment-page-1/#comment-1963 TT Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:58:23 +0000 http://www.generatorx.no/?p=429#comment-1963 I saw a while ago a concert of Carsten Nicolai at the Barbican, and seeing this video reminded me of it. I haven't seen Frank Bretschneider's concert but it seems to me, by looking at the above video, that it his visuals are having the same problem as the oens by Carsten Nicolai. I think the synchronisation of the music to sound is way to literal and fails in saying anything new about what I hear. It actually de-values the music to me, as you are forced to look at the screen and the screen almost tells you what you should hear. I remember enjoying Carsten Nicolai's concert a lot more with my eyes closed. Sound can be in many ways a lot more powerful than visual information. I saw a while ago a concert of Carsten Nicolai at the Barbican, and seeing this video reminded me of it. I haven’t seen Frank Bretschneider’s concert but it seems to me, by looking at the above video, that it his visuals are having the same problem as the oens by Carsten Nicolai. I think the synchronisation of the music to sound is way to literal and fails in saying anything new about what I hear. It actually de-values the music to me, as you are forced to look at the screen and the screen almost tells you what you should hear. I remember enjoying Carsten Nicolai’s concert a lot more with my eyes closed. Sound can be in many ways a lot more powerful than visual information.

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