my friend Harry McGowan of the illustrious BRAINBOW INC [ brainbowinc.com ] took this photo:

photo by Harry McGowan

robots are people too

In an earlier post we held a dialogue with Kreng in which he mentioned a composition: Morton Feldman’s “Rothko Chapel.” We were intrigued by the modes of silence embedded in the piece of music. If you are unaware of the Rothko Chapel here is an image from the interior:

The chapel structure is designed to offer an ideal context to experience the images, to properly observe the objects. The idea of establishing a fixed and entirely intact environment must appeal to those that long to literally cement their legacy. It makes me imagine the type of space one would construct to embellish the concept of generative music: ever-evolving organic progressions. Perhaps a temple to house a glorified wind chime would beg far too many questions. What internal necessity compels us to create sustainable, perpetual art?

We exist within the safe parameter of the social construct we were given. We gravitate toward predetermined occupations that are carved out by our predecessors. We sustain ourselves within a limited range of experiences from which we commonly share. We create objects to be remembered by those that follow, in hopes that we can legitimize and quantify our individual significance. Again, questions of the necessity pertaining to the creation of these objects become problematic. Is it the object itself or the idea of the object existing that appeals?

It seems a level of anonymity is inherent with any isolated object once separated from its creator and context. Metaphysical dust particles gather on the countless shelves of amassed artifacts, relics to a once vibrant voice in human history.

We are indeed survived by memory.