April 28

DAY XII

An Emerging Paradigm

0. More on Quantum Theory. Uncertainty and possible historygrams. Present understanding of the structure of the matter and the history of the universe.

1. Open works. Aleatory music and multiple time sequences. The moment form in search of reality - Robbe-Grillet and the "nouveau roman". Reality being created in front of our eyes: the time in L'annee derniere a Marienbad is the viewing time and nothing else; the plot is created by the viewer.

• Presentation: Stockhausen - Momente

2. Computer Music. The computer regarded not as a tool to realize something we already now but a tool for exploring. Learning more about ourselves and the way we think - soul searching.

• Presentations:
  1. Iannis Xenakis - Jalons
  2. Herbert Brun - I toLD You so

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