Sugestion, re: visual music

From: JEFFREY PAULL (email suppressed)
Date: Mon Apr 27 2009 - 06:08:15 PDT


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On Mon 27/04/09 05:59 , Leo Cardoso email suppressed sent:
> It seems to me that, in its broadest sense, visual music is a
> audiovisual work that is
>
> (1) created by using some kind of compositional link between aural
> and visual events - thus exploring the synesthetic field
> (2) performed as something that integrates aural/visual gestures
> (3) perceived as something that integrates aural/visual gestures
>
> Visual music has also been used in the last decades to mean an
> audiovisual work associated with artists such as Oskar Fischinger,
> Mary Ellen Bute, John Whitney, and Larry Cuba. It usually uses
> 'abstract' visual forms and various music genres (including
> Western Classical music and Indian Classical music). IT IS THIS
> SPECIFIC ARTISTIC FIELD THAT I'M MOST INTERESTED IN.
> Please let me know if you think visual music is actually something
> else, or if you have contancts (or any info) that might be useful for
> my research.
>
> Best,
>
> Leo
>
> On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Simonetta wrote:
> I was going to ask the same question. What do you mean by "visual
> music?" I am personally interested in the film-music dialectic and I
> also know other graduate students involved in this kind of work. More
> specifics would be helpful to have a better sense of what you are
> looking for.
> Thanks,Simonetta
>
> On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Myron Ort wrote:
> What is the definition of "visual music"?
> Myron Ort
> On Apr 26, 2009, at 4:24 PM, Leonardo Cardoso wrote:
> Dear frameworkers,
> I'm a graduate student in ethnomusicology, and would like to get
> in touch with people interested in visual music.
> My research project focuses on the visual music scene in LA, and
> I'm expecting to talk with as many people as I can (not only from
> US) as a means to consider different perspectives on visual music.
> I'm planning to spend this summer in LA to attend performances
> and do some fieldwork there.
> I'd appreciate any suggestion of places to visit, people to talk
> with, and any other valuable info related with visual music.
> Thank you!
> Leo Cardoso
> Graduate student
> Butler School of Music
> University of Texas at Austin
> tel. (512) 216-8205
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> Leo Cardoso
> Graduate student
> Butler School of Music
> University of Texas at Austin
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