29 March 2023
- Spoken Word
- Avant-Garde
- Arts & Culture
- Collage
- Experimental
- Cynical
- Provocative
- Quirky
- Bombastic
- Playful
Jack Callahan & Jeff Witcher, Even when I Lose I Win: A Pragmatic Approach to Communication in Time-based Art
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Nikolas Brummer, what comes after the song?Originally conceived as a multi-channel video installation, ‘what comes after the song?’ is a series of vlog-style clips wherein Brummer reflects on his own listening habits and engagement with popular music. While Brummer is a fastidious archivist, the piece overall gives a deeply personal glimpse into the erratic, impulsive, and emotional tendencies of a chronic music consumer.
Jack Callahan & Jeff Witcher, Even when I Lose I Win: A Pragmatic Approach to Communication in Time-based Art
In 1972, the German-American composer, cyberneticist and pioneer of electronic music Herbert Brün (1918–2000) published an essay entitled “For Anticommunication”. Here, Brün explores the relationship between information and music and in particular the ability of sounds and linguistic systems to communicate beyond semantic decipherability or meaning. Jack Callahan & Jeff Witscher’s 2022 lecture at Hangar, Barcelona, ‘Even When I Lose I Win: A Pragmatic Approach to Communication in Time-Based Art’ is one in an ongoing lecture and performance series by the duo wherein a digital moderator drives the lecture by posing questions and sabotages their attempts to answer but bombarding the audience with iPhone ringtones, Fortnite emotes, movie quotes, TikTok fragments, AOL instant messenger tones, YouTube ads, or sound templates from the Borat soundboard. The result may or may not be related to music.