Minimalism is the based on stripping an item down to its bare elements for simplicity and to be ‘mono’. Its visualization evokes creativity and allows one to see beyond the clutter. When I look at it, I sometimes visualize it with clutter. However, I believe that Minimalism and DJ Spooky are not similar in their views of the world. Whereas minimalism bares an object to the most simplistic of forms, DJ Spooky is calling for the creation of a cluttered object such as music. To bring together constituents from this world around us is DJ Spooky’s style. Where they are similar is their view on making things easier to understand. We will not focus on this though. DJ Spooky believes in sampling from our environment to produces an item that is easier to understand by piecing together its constituents, where minimalism removes those constituents. He wants us to rethink how we write and create, opening new possibilities for innovation and creativity. Minimalism is a very creative aspect of art and is by no means simple to create. But the overall process of creating these two dissimilar pieces of work is at odds with each other. Here are two videos that contrast the work of DJ Spooky and Minimalism.
Or for architectural minimalist video copy and paste this link
http://youtube.com/watch?v=N36hy8At6wo
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Great post.
I agree with you, to a certain extent, about the differences between minimalism and the kind of music/composition Miller's calling for here. One thing they might share, however, is a focus on art's materiality, that is, the very real elements that work together to comprise what we sometimes like of as its "essence." In other words, the minimalist cube linked here, by virtue of its apparent simplicity , draws our attention to the form used to make the piece rather than to what this thing means or represents (as landscape painting or portraiture might, for example). Likewise, sampling, by interrupting and splicing together multiple sounds, foregrounds art's "made-ness." Put somewhat differently, it's difficult if not impossible to listen to DJ Spooky and forget that he's mixing multiple things together, whereas it might be possible to forget or not pay attention to the mix in more mainstream rock or pop.
Hey man, That's my video!!!!
nah it's kool, glad you found it and thought it was good enough to put on your blog :)
sorry about the audio on it, it's [silence] by ciccone youth, its a tribute to the 4'22" by John Cage.
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