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Sep 19
context, mode and modalities david byrne, music, TED lectures 3 Comments
david byrne argues that context, specifically architecture – or actually the space for which the music was conceived to be performed – affected the development of musical styles.
…along the way, he notes that birds also make different calls dependent on the type of habitat they commonly go to sing…
tiruliru
Oct 19, 2010 @ 10:51:48
I’ve played with analysing this one for intermodal reference (see Tseng & Bateman, 2010 and Tseng, 2008 on reference in film). An interesting case study but the filming of it is not very suitable for this purpose. I wonder if these TED talks follow guidelines of some sort because there are similarities across them. Compare David Byrne with Larry Lessig.
eldon
Oct 22, 2010 @ 15:44:49
OK, i think i’ve seen at least part of (one of?) the lawrence lessig talk(s)… but have yet to go and consciously compare them as you suggest above. will do so and perhaps comment further later….
at the same time, i had already thought this d. byrne talk was not similar to the format of the TED talks i have been used to seeing – for one thing, it seems very short [wonder if that is a function of my particular interest in this type of topic, i.e. architecture], and almost as if very much pre-written and practised.
whereas for many of the TED talks i have watched (mainly on technological/internet/social issues) they seemed to be largely “unscripted” to the extent that the talks were performed as if they had not been… obviously the slides that accompany the talks put paid to that idea, but otoh, many of these speakers are adept at speaking to an issue…
eldon
Oct 27, 2010 @ 19:29:05
right, i remember now, the so-called “lessig method” of presentation involves quick slide frequency with simple terms or images for each slide, symbolising or epitomising what the speaker is saying – in contrast to our ‘normal’ style of slide presentation where the power points stay up there while the speaker expands on their inter-relationship – or merely drones on in expanding them.
of course, d byrne first caught my eye in this matter simply because he defended ppt – in a cultural context where the use of ppt was seen as dull and plodding… he demonstrated that, given a bit of learning, ppt presentations could even be used artfully – and convinced me. of course, by admitting this, i do not claim that i have since become a ppt maven, but i did not hold ppt in as much disdain as previously, and went forth and used it with a much better attitude.
lessig does not hold the only title here. americans are not the only creative types, and there is also another person credited with using the same style of ppt presentation, the “takahashi method” which is very similar…
although i’m not sure whether takahashi uses the same integration of time and slide…
it seems to me that lessig’s method hopes to involve watchers rather than send them to sleep by constantly changing the content of the slides – is this a reaction to ppt presentations as they have been used, per se, or merely a way of engaging younger minds whose ability to concentrate on one image at a time seems to have severely atrophied during recent years?