tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56506355910711522112011-07-24T13:45:47.832-07:00Fiddianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913682365294018131noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650635591071152211.post-74981908468069363872008-05-27T06:34:00.000-07:002008-05-27T06:39:47.019-07:00<a style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.myspace.com/neurotiandthepvcs">Neurotic and the PVCs</a><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.myspace.com/fumadores">Fumadores</a><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.gertruderock.com">Gertrude</a><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.myspace.com/vivalasvegasuk">Viva Las Vegas</a><br /><a style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.myspace.com/scrotumclamp"><br />Scrotum Clamp</a><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.myspace.com/theredeyesglasgow">Red Eyes</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Toxic Slut</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5650635591071152211-7498190846806936387?l=fiddians-neurotic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fiddianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913682365294018131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650635591071152211.post-27899092483692266052008-05-21T05:54:00.000-07:002008-05-21T05:55:39.617-07:00<p style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:'Century Gothic';font-size:10;" >This blog is dedicated to the aesthetic issues that arise from <em>Neurotic</em>, where punk bands perform to 3 giant robots that have been educated in classic punk (fuller description below). </span></p> <p style="margin: 0pt;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0pt;"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:'Century Gothic';font-size:10;" >Neurotic</span></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:'Century Gothic';font-size:10;" > clearly references issues surrounding the validity of formalism, enhanced formalism, the emotive properties of music (should they actually exist) and the hardy perennial issue of whether or not humans are just complex machines. Arguments about a distinction between machine and humans that are based on man’s appreciation of ‘beauty’ are clearly under scrutiny here: <em>Neurotic</em>’s robots are ‘controlled’ by neural network programmes designed to mimic the brain’s mirror neurons. Mirror neurons, so it is claimed, govern our empathetic response to the world. So, do the robots empathize with the music? Do they enjoy the music?</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:'Century Gothic';font-size:10;" > </span></p> <p style="margin: 0pt;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:'Century Gothic';font-size:10;" >In the robots we also see the possibility of a socially value free enjoyment of music – these robots have no heirs and graces, no normative social beliefs that would prohibit the enjoyment of any form of music. They don’t have cultural baggage – is their judgment objective as a result?</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:'Century Gothic';font-size:10;" > </span></p> <pre style="margin: 0pt;"> </pre> <pre style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);font-family:'Century Gothic';font-size:10;" ><strong>Join the debate about whether <em>Neurotic</em>’s robots are developing taste as their preferences develop.</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:'Century Gothic';font-size:10;" >For more information see <a href="http://www.fiddian.com/" target="_blank">www.fiddian.com</a> or <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:'Century Gothic';" ><a href="http://www.andrewtweedie.de/" target="_blank">www.andrewtweedie.de.</a></span></span></pre> <pre style="margin: 0pt;"><a href="http://www.andrewtweedie.de/" target="_blank"><br /></a></pre> <pre style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:'Century Gothic';font-size:10;" ><strong>Andrew Tweedie</strong> (Director of Music, Neurotic)</span></pre><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5650635591071152211-2789909248369226605?l=fiddians-neurotic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fiddianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913682365294018131noreply@blogger.com0