It has been clear since the 1960s that the Modernist paradigm has outlived its usefulness. We can only represent the world at the cost of a reduction in its complexity. (It is only in a story by Borges that a representation – a map – can be of the same size as the terrain it represents.) All other representations simplify, falsify. That is their power, their beauty and their danger. The templates of perception are useful because they simplify, but they lose their usefulness when, as tends to happen in time, the aspects of the world they leave out become too glaringly obvious. This is why styles in art outlive their usefulness. The modernist impulse has today lost its authority. What role can the landcape artist have in constructing an alternative? – A future for landscape?, 1999

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” Over here, over there. ”

01. Ligeti - Lux Aeterna
Ligeti: Chamber Concerto; Ramifications; String Quartet No. 2; Aventures; Lux aeterna (1988)
02. Schubert - Moment Musical In F Minor, D. 780
Schiff, Andras Great Pianists of the 20th Century (1999)
03. Kim Cascone – Three Parasites For Deleuze
Maschinelle Stratageme (Ritornell , 2000)
04. Matmos – For the trees (return)
The civil war (Japanese edit) (Pony Canyon, 2003)
05. Sir Richard Bishop – Elysium Number Five
Polytheistic Fragments (Drag City, 2007)
06. Augustus Pablo – Jungle Cry
Authentic Golden Melodies (Rocker, 1980)
07. John Zorn – The Port of Last Resort: Teqiah
Film Works VIII (Tzadik, 1998)
08. Andy Palacio & the Garifuna Collective – Ayó Da (Goodbye my Dear)
Wátina (Cumbancha, 2007)

note: This list turns out to be enjoyable. It started out as a very messy direction less list. But now it’s enjoyable direction less list. Slow afternoon type of song, with Ligeti and bunch of pops. A little in cute side.

image: Man with Hat over Face, Long Island, New York, 1995