Tim DeLaughter and the Boundary of Spectacle

蒂姆·德劳特与奇观的边界

作者: Aaron Swartz | 来源: aaronsw.com | 时间: 2009-09-18

The traditional symphony is a highly formal event. Musicians, in formal clothes, sit in a carefully-designed arrangement high above the audience who (also usually in formal clothes) sits in seats and applauds at formally-appropriate moments (recall the odd paradox of most of the audience unsure when to clap; is it the end of the piece or just the end of the movement?). The music performed is also often formal, classical music, like fine art generally, typically signifying something a cut above everyday life.

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