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#399

That is high praise. Okay, sold! Or to be sold, or…
I’m sitting in on a course on algorithms so it’ll be nice to read something somewhat pop-sciency that ties into something I’m actually doing.

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#400

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And the accompanying website for those who may be interested:

http://artastherapy.com

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#401

Just finished Three Body Problem (referred to in an earlier post).

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Of course, last night I went to one of my kids’ school presentation nights, and one of the middle schoolers had a presentation on binary/trinary solar systems, and another had a presentation about folding systems. If only a third kid would have had a bit on the Cultural Revolution, it would have been a trifecta!

But yes, a good read.

Oh, and I’m currently reading some Rick Moody…

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[ddg]

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#402

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…holy moly this guy has a flowery/acrid writing style. If you can get past the “punkness” of that, it seems to be a history book about class divisions in the US (so far–I’m 75 pages in)

And I’m starting this riiiiiiiiight now. I don’t know anything about it at all other than it’s beautifully drawn:

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#403

was pretty stoked to realize (10 years late) that john chalmers’ "divisions of the tetrachord’ is available online:
http://eamusic.dartmouth.edu/~larry/published_articles/divisions_of_the_tetrachord/index.html
(if you are into microtonal theory this is a definitive text, and very hard to find outside of college music libraries.)

i am eagerly awaiting the delivery of “Human and Machine Hearing: Extracting Meaning from Sound” by richard lyon

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The Microtonal Thread
#404

Lyon - thanks, ordered!!! Somehow missed it.

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#405

I’m looking for recommendations for books or collections of writings on the subject of repetition, especially those pertaining to repetition in art and music. I know there will be some overlap with books surveying minimalist / serialist / conceptual / process artists and musicians and will undoubtedly mention the major canonized names in those fields, but I’m hoping to maybe find some less widely published / distributed texts, and also writings by or about women, people of color, and LGBT creators who make use of repetition in their practices and have gone under-represented because of those factors.

Related to the request above is something I haven’t picked it up yet, but is definitely on my wishlist:

She did an artist talk on Agnes Martin a couple years ago that I think a good number of you will appreciate.

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#406

that’s a beautiful catalog (and wonderful artist)

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#407

Currently reading The Language of Cities by Deyan Sudjic

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#408

Re: Repetition, I have this book and enjoyed it:

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#409

Check Deleuze on the concept of “ritournelle”.

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#410

re: Phonogram

Oh boy, you’re in for a treat. Rue Britannia feels so long ago now - I read it as it came out and am still glad to have those covers:

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in a little row on my shelf. It definitely helped growing up in a time and a place, but I think they did a great job of making it feel pretty applicable to anyone who’s been into music anywhere; I liked how Singles Club and Immaterial Club explored the breadth of things to be told in that space.

Hope you enjoy it.

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#411

for repetition too, I was thinking of
https://hyperallergic.com/296424/hanne-darboven-repetition/
There is a tie-in to music as well but I’m not sure about a LGBT (and all) connection

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#412

There’s a gorgeous Darboven catalogue that is also high on my wishlist.

#413

She’s really great. I got to meet her a couple years back and sit in on a private artist talk she did at the Art Institute of Chicago for one of their donor circle groups.

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#414

Thank you very much for posting this !
It’s going to be my next read when I’m finished with Horace’s works…

#415

Absolutely on Music.

Haruki Murakami, conversations with Seiji Ozawa

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#416

Just finished, The Obelisk Gate, by N. K. Jemisin . won the Hugo this year. Second book in a trilogy, first book won the Hugo in 2016. I really enjoyed the first book, but the second was a bit of a struggle. Just started the third book last night.

https://www.goodreads.com/series/112296-the-broken-earth

The series (so far) is pretty original…I mean, its influences are pretty clear - but it combines sci fi / fantasy tropes in an original way. The last couple of years of Hugo winners have been good. Especially liked Ancillary Justice (which I think has been mentioned here, 2014 Hugo winner). Ann Leckie reads like Ursula K. LeGuin. She’s a world builder for sure. Same with N.K. Jemisin (world builder, doesn’t read like LeGuin in my opinion).

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#417

Can someone recommend me books about learning the basics in composition?