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chance. Fortune telling and meditation. Examples: Tarot, I Ching , Astrology Introduce chance operations into a system of signs Results are “meaningless” But we give them meaning after the fact. there is no noise. Chance operations. Fancy term for “randomness”

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  1. chance

  2. Fortune telling and meditation • Examples:Tarot, I Ching, Astrology • Introduce chance operations into a system of signs • Results are “meaningless” • But we give them meaning after the fact

  3. there is no noise

  4. Chance operations • Fancy term for “randomness” • A way of taking your ego out of the loop • Get past your preconceived notions • Creating surprise • Creating juxtapositions that can create new meaning for you • Could you draw a random line? • A way of automating decisions you don’t want to make • Generating a terrain for • A way of automating decisions you can’t make • Interactive art – the artist isn’t there to make the decisions

  5. Exquisite corpse • The surrealists used a variety of unusual composition techniques • Automatic writing • Dreams as source material • Chance operations • Why? • They were followers of Freud • They saw the conscious mind as representative of the ills of society (repression, war, exploitation) • Unlock the unconscious • Escape the sources of repression • Recover a more “natural” state of the psyche • Open oneself up to the possibility of delightful coincidence Source: http://anexquisitecorpse.net/explanation.shtml

  6. John Cage, 4’33” (excerpt)

  7. what did you hear?

  8. What the heck was that about? • Cage wanted people to listen to silence around them with the attitude they bring to a concert • Listening is an active process of making meaning • We can find rhythms in the sound of someone speaking • Or hear harmony in a power drill • Cage believed these could be just as musical as a symphony

  9. Okay, but what does this have to dowith chance operations? • Silence isn’t silent • It’s filled with sound • People walking down the hall • The vibration of the HVAC units • People giggling • People shifting uncomfortably in their chairs • All of these can be heard as music • If you don’t believe me • Try sampling it and giving it to a DJ

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