#approaching nothing

Lawrence English ~ Approaching Nothing

It’s almost impossible to comprehend the initial reactions to Luc Ferrari’s Presque Rien n° 1, the piece that inspires Lawrence English‘s Approaching Nothing.  A 2013 article in Brainwashed explains that Ferrari’s edited/juxtaposed field recording was once considered controversial, managing to offend the musique concrète community while confounding critics.  Today we consider field recording and…