Thoughts

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LISSITZKY AND SUPREMATIST SPACE

El Lissitzky had discovered a new way to look at various spatial systems that were already in place. In his work he also defined new spaces, which he referred to as Imaginary and Irrational. By fusing Suprematist ideas within Russian Constructivist practices of the time, he created his solution to spatial issues that he saw, called Suprematist Space. He explains these through the use of mathematics as a metaphor. An example use of this space is the Proun Room (Lissitzky, 1923). His explanation of his new systems against the previous systems in place was done only to create a legacy for himself and fulfil his ideal of becoming an Avant-Garde artist. His mathematical metaphors helped to logically explain the merit in current and new spatial ideas.

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Live Takes: Warble Chords
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Live Takes: Warble Chords

This week’s Live Takes recording was taken from a sample I made last week of some warbling chords. The Korg Minilogue XD played a phrase of arpeggiated rotating notes from my Squarp Pyramid, with a synth patch that focuses on chorus effects, pitch affecting LFOs and highly sustained ADSR envelopes. Being inspired by the minute and a half long sample, I decided I needed to do more with it.

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Wong Kar-Wai: Second Cinema Auteur

The internationally acclaimed Hong Kong director Wong Kar-Wai is seen to be an auteur in Second Cinema as his work includes trademarks to distinguish itself from others’. Similar narrative devices, stylistic choices and discourses link his films.

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