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Re: Gould or not?

Posted by Dave Garretson (A) on April 10, 2007 at 10:32:46

In Reply to: Re: Gould or not? posted by Christine Tham on April 10, 2007 at 06:32:18:

I like Baudrillard, Borges, and perhaps Philip Dick on this subject more than Japanese anime-- which generally has mixed agendas polluted by commercialism. Some will struggle for release from simulation & simulacra. Others do not recognize the difference or care. Holographic pornography, anyone? But I concede that the Hi-Rez Forum is an interesting venue for discussion about the Disklavier. On this forum we usually speak of the absolute sound in terms faithfulness to the original performance. We accept as mediators recording technology, analog and digital circuits, and paper cones in boxes. But in the case of the Disklavier, we are asked to accept a "recreated" performance-- absent Glenn Gould's fingers on the keys. I would submit that the need for such a device says less about the limitations of traditional recording techology, than it does about our craving for simulation. The question is not whether there are future Gould's among us, but rather whether we as a society no longer require them. And what is the cost of this obsession with simulation? Well go read Baudrillard & by all means enjoy the music.

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