June 5th, 2010 / 10:46 pm
 Web Hype

If Alvin Lucier had a Youtube account….

First, the inspiration. Listen to the Alvin Lucier track “I Am Sitting in a Room,” here.

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Done?

Okay, watch this.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEIzS_27Vt0&feature=related

Now watch what it looks like after 50 uploads and rips:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5hbbsFGDhk&feature=related

And, after the cut, watch what it looks like after 1000 uploads and rips. It’s gorgeous.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qKz5YW5J-U

Decay is beautiful. I’m happy digital reproductions decay. Perfect reproduction is such a nightmare.

The personal exploration of the Lucier piece—the fact that there is the added dimension of the artist’s stutter—makes the Lucier a deeper experience, but I like this as a tribute. Good job, Ontologist.

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See also:

Decasia

The Disintegration Loops

Detroit

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18 Comments

  1. June 5th, 2010 / 10:54 pm mike—

      Alvin Lucier = artist among artists. Gladdens me to hear folk say his name.

  2. June 6th, 2010 / 12:20 am jesusangelgarcia—

      You guys know Music on a Long Thin Wire? I remember when I first got that CD — almost 20 years ago, yikes! — and how it changed my conception of what music could be.

      If you don’t know her, you might like Ellen Fullman, too:
      http://www.ellenfullman.com/Video.html

      She does some amazing “body music,” I think she calls it, on this gigantic homemade string instrument.

      Also, the Lovely label:
      http://lovely.com/

      Some Lucier and other mad music deconstructors there.

  3. June 6th, 2010 / 2:54 am Michael—

      Alvin Lucier = artist among artists. Gladdens me to hear folk say his name.

  4. June 6th, 2010 / 4:20 am jesusangelgarcia—

      You guys know Music on a Long Thin Wire? I remember when I first got that CD — almost 20 years ago, yikes! — and how it changed my conception of what music could be.

      If you don’t know her, you might like Ellen Fullman, too:
      http://www.ellenfullman.com/Video.html

      She does some amazing “body music,” I think she calls it, on this gigantic homemade string instrument.

      Also, the Lovely label:
      http://lovely.com/

      Some Lucier and other mad music deconstructors there.

  5. June 6th, 2010 / 2:35 pm Donald Dunbar—
  6. June 6th, 2010 / 4:47 pm voorface—

      The watery finale is beautiful.

  7. June 6th, 2010 / 6:35 pm Donald Dunbar—
  8. June 6th, 2010 / 8:47 pm voorface—

      The watery finale is beautiful.

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  10. June 7th, 2010 / 4:17 pm Matthew Simmons—

      i love smook weed and lissen to ariel pink

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