...or painting (1990s)
February 2009
Threads Elsewhere
Some conversations on other sites:
Bodega List (objections to the instant canon status and flavor-of-the-moment posting generally--for the record, am a huge fan of Jeff Sisson's work)
"Internet Aware" Art (some feel such an art should exist but basing a genre on a stray comment from one artist is dangerous)
Donald Judd on Andy Warhol (why did Judd ascribe social commentary to Lichtenstein but not Warhol?)
New Media vs Artists with Computers (attempt to continue conversation with Rhizome editor hijacked by annoying bloviator)
Iron Man vs Robocop
Bush era, Reagan era
Time of blandness in movies
Government functions handed over to corporations
Rogue CEOs
Mutilated character becomes cyborg
Vigilante style plot for knucklehead demographic
Handsome leading man, concerned female in Platonic relationship
Invincible body armor
Protagonist fights more powerful machine
Aside from all that, no comparison. Robocop is hands down the tougher, better film, with critique of American futurism and jingoism spread through the "background" in the form of satirical TV broadcasts and products such as the "6000 SUX" automobile.
Iron Man is pseudo critique, putting all Bush-era maleficent acts on the head of one all-powerful corporate type, while serving up "kill the vaguely Middle Eastern terrorists" hokum that's been in every blockbuster since the late '90s.
"Wormhole Resident"
"Wormhole Resident" [mp3 removed]
More Reaktor Waveweaver sequencing played more or less live with added Machinedrum loops from the Linplug RMV sample library, plus some delay FX.
Update: A bass line will likely be added to the "break," so this is work in process.
Update: "Fat" trancy bassline added in middle and at end. Added 20 seconds.