sound art vs. music

[Scott Hansen <scott-a-hansen@uiowa.edu>]

kevin wrote: My solo cello shows are more sound art than music I guess.

i did a presentation in grad school (mfa, pntg,drwg) back in '94 on 
sound art, my prof ripped me a bum hole saying that most of my 
examples were really music and not "sound art" (can't remember my ex. 
lots of fluxas folks...), but i would
bet that if my old prof (and he was a cranky guy) would say that if you're
"composing" stuff on your cello, that you are creating music more than
you are creating "sound art".  probably the hardest part is defining
the term "sound art". where does the sound begin/end, where does the 
music begin/end?
s---
ps-i remember zappa commenting that he thought of his solos as "sound 
sculptures", air moving etc. but it always sounded like great music 
to me.
wasn't really sure how much sculpture was involved.....

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