[HN Gopher] The Color of Silence
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       The Color of Silence
        
       Author : prismatic
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2024-04-01 19:10 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | kevindamm wrote:
       | It is funny to consider the wide range of reactions that people
       | have to the presentation of perception without stimulus.
        
         | sctb wrote:
         | > They missed the point. There's no such thing as silence. What
         | they thought was silence, because they didn't know how to
         | listen, was full of accidental sounds.
         | 
         | The notion of "without stimulus" seems related to the use of
         | "silence" in what Cage is saying here. Personally I would say
         | that it's not that there's no such thing as silence, just that
         | it's relative, and in this case "without stimulus" is relative
         | to the audience's (reasonable) expectation at a concert hall.
        
       | sctb wrote:
       | I really enjoy Klein's visual works, especially the IKB series
       | which are quite striking and impactful in person. When listening
       | to the original _Symphonie Monotone-Silence_ embedded at the end
       | of the article, what comes to mind is  "the sound of magnetic
       | tape" which is, to my ear, the dominant sonic feature. Also, this
       | version seems to lack the major 3rd.
        
       | frereubu wrote:
       | To take Cage's investigations into "silence" further, he sat in
       | an anechoic chamber -
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anechoic_chamber - and afterwards
       | remarked to the technician that he heard a high whine and a low
       | rumble so there must have been an issue with the soundproofing.
       | The technician told him that the high whine was his nervous
       | system and the low rumble was his bloodflow.
       | 
       | Cage's book "Silence" -
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silence:_Lectures_and_Writings - is
       | a really interesting and accessibile read for people interested
       | in sound.
        
         | grzeshru wrote:
         | Sounds like an insufferable fellow and a pain in the ass to
         | have dealt with as a musician.
        
       | flobosg wrote:
       | Related: _A Brief History of Drone_ -
       | https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2018/12/a-brief-histor...
        
       | littlekey wrote:
       | Given what Cage said about audience participation and the framing
       | of the piece, I wonder what he would think about playing it
       | outside of the concert hall. If I listen to 4'33" on my
       | headphones in a silent room, does the experience degenerate into
       | meaninglessness, or is there still artistic merit in it?
        
       | Razengan wrote:
       | Nevermind that, I'd like to see the Color of Magic. With VR
       | headsets it should be possible: display a different color in the
       | same position for each eye, maybe cycling between yet more colors
       | each frame.
        
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