Ipswich multi speaker piece and its reaction
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I can understand someone protesting about unwanted Music intruding into their home - I wouldn't want to have to listen to even Beethoven when I needed silence or to concentrate on other sounds - but to complain about "Pagan rituals" suggests that a very important point has been completely missed! (And I wouldn't want to listen to someone shouting through a megaphone whilst I was in my own home trying to listen to something else, either.)
Sounds an intriguing piece, though - perfect for a city centre, or a park ... or (much less perfectly) over headphones.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Originally posted by MrGongGong View PostWhat do folks think about this ?
Things to do and days out in Suffolk, Essex and the surrounding Suffolk and Essex areas from the East Anglian Daily Times.
and then
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-46071589
I couldn't help noting the sound of the prowling helicopter and the night sky - powerful images here - and the contrasting sounds of the women singing, a kind of War and Peace motif not foreign to the theme of the Event.
Protest - par for the course - an added attraction which I guess you would find an integral part of public art.
I'd buy it and I'd give it five.
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Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View PostForcing people to listen to music is an unspeakable imposition. Whoever is responsible for such thing should be sent to Siberia - or at least a padded cell.
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Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View PostForcing people to listen to music is an unspeakable imposition. Whoever is responsible for such thing should be sent to Siberia - or at least a padded cell.
A couple of students from two doors away playing rap-type music in the garden every time there's bit of sunshine - to themselves (especially if some friends arrive and they all go off to the pub, leaving the hifi playing is unreasonable (and they leave their smelly refuse in the front garden for weeks). But when a car whizzes by playing loud music with the windows open, I stop and glare after it.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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I think that there is a difference between "public space" Music-making - such as in a town/city centre, where "noise" is expected - and Music-making that intrudes into people's private/domestic space. Buskers in shopping areas is one thing; outside someone's house another.
There was a recent R4 article about people living in houses across from a public park which has started to put on increasing numbers of amplified Music (partly in order to raise revenue to make up for cuts). That is a more tricky situation.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Originally posted by french frank View PostI agree. Although as Churchill said: "The English never draw a line without blurring it." So, I think a case can be made for 'occasional music' (such as the pipes, drums and dancing in Gongers Youtube link). If it is for such a short time, a wide audience is involved and then it stops, I think the 'reasonable man' will put up with it. The 'unresaonable man' will make a continual fuss.
A couple of students from two doors away playing rap-type music in the garden every time there's bit of sunshine - to themselves (especially if some friends arrive and they all go off to the pub, leaving the hifi playing is unreasonable (and they leave their smelly refuse in the front garden for weeks). But when a car whizzes by playing loud music with the windows open, I stop and glare after it.
Personally speaking, I've moved away from doing things outdoors like this (having done several in the past) as i'm often more interested in the sound of the environment than what I might add to it!
"Private space" is an interesting thing to think about. Murray Schaefer talks about this a fair bit in one of his books (I'll look it out later) as the folks who bought the flats by Tate Modern have found out.
When I first heard of the "Pagan rituals" and "evil sounds" in Ipswich I immediately thought I knew who it was doing it but it turned out to be much more
"safe" than my mate who does big noise with strobes and the like)
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Originally posted by MrGongGong View PostThis event lasts for less time than the pipes and drums thing though ?It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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