… and other utopias
by Francis Dhomont |imed_0682-0001|
Utopian, these aural mirages surely are — not in the political sense of
the Ideal City, but in the etymological sense of ou-topos: belonging to no
specific location, except for imaginary territories; creatures of illusion
and, in this case, sound. These aural “non-lieux,” these chimeras of
perception, resulting from treatments and made from unlikely parts that are
loosing their identity, stripped off of any audible source, are fictional
beings born out of a dreamer’s nomadic invention.
Also utopian are — haven’t it been said often enough? — these sonic
structures attempting to avoid traditional music codes, disregarding their
imperatives, and offering a stream of mental images to our psyche. However,
do we really have to be reminded of all these things that we know so well?
Certainly, for in these cybernetic times, is there anything more necessary
than the reality of utopia?
So, here are five fantasies to be listened to with eyes closed; in
sequence, they dream up sound in space, mankind’s revolt against its own
nature, a few light phenomena, a symbolic journey, and the tumultuous
manifestations of exaltation.
Francis Dhomont [English translation:
François Couture, viii-06]
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