Cory Arcangel was at the University of Michigan Museum of Art (pictured above).
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Me Again
So I thought that the Digital Music Ensemble Concert was REALLY REALLY COOL. At the end there was a video of cats laying on pianos which was like the coolest bit. And then there were the swirly thing and that was pretty cool.
Also Cory Arcangel picked up this electric guitar thingy and he played the first part of the song and then he played the second part of the song, and he couldn't figure out how to play the third part so the guy who made the guitar came up and had to explain that it was in BINARY to him.
Also the guy who made the Windows/Mac thing was using Opera which is an open source browser and Cory Arcangel was like "This is why your project is failing! You've got an open source browser!" I knew what this was and felt oddly proud. Yay computers.
And also when the projector showed Windows computers it was playing Mac bootup sounds and the guy who made it (the Opera Guy) pointed it out and admitted it was a really dorky joke. I quite liked him after that.
THE END
Now I shall play Animal Crossing
~Lydia
Also Cory Arcangel picked up this electric guitar thingy and he played the first part of the song and then he played the second part of the song, and he couldn't figure out how to play the third part so the guy who made the guitar came up and had to explain that it was in BINARY to him.
Also the guy who made the Windows/Mac thing was using Opera which is an open source browser and Cory Arcangel was like "This is why your project is failing! You've got an open source browser!" I knew what this was and felt oddly proud. Yay computers.
And also when the projector showed Windows computers it was playing Mac bootup sounds and the guy who made it (the Opera Guy) pointed it out and admitted it was a really dorky joke. I quite liked him after that.
THE END
Now I shall play Animal Crossing
~Lydia
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Second Dad/Daughter Time=Cory Arcangel
For our second Dad and Daughter night, we went to the UMMA to see a "concert" by Cory Arcangel. He was moderately entertaining, playing with all the digital musical instruments. My favorite part was when he took the sword (with safety goggles on) and destroyed the erector set stringed instrument.
We got a slightly late start and had to park far away, but we thought it would be like the recital, about half full. We got there right at 8 p.m. and the place was packed. It held about 170 people, and we were lucky to find 2 seats together.
A class of U of M students created different instruments for Cory to play (with). He experimented with all of them, then they all got together and did a jam session. Then, we went to his "exhibit". There was a video of cats on pianos, a swirling double cubey thingy and guitar hero. Not much to see, really. But, kind of fun.
Here's the ad:
Jan. 16 at 8 p.m.
Where:
525 S. State St.
Ann Arbor
734-763-UMMA
UMMA - University of Michigan Museum of Art Website
Admission:
Free
Concert in the Helmut Stern Auditorium. Come experience this collaborative, improvisational performance between Brooklyn-based artist and musician Cory Arcangel and the University of Michigan Digital Music Ensemble. Marking the opening of Arcangel's solo exhibition at UMMA, this program will involve Arcangel and the audience experiencing and experimenting with a number of interactive, sound-producing objects created and displayed by the Digital Music Ensemble. The performance will be completely unscripted and the "instruments" will remain a mystery to Arcangel and the public at large until the show officially begins.
Lydia will add her part in a bit. I think she liked the musical rubber ducks. She did think it was really cool!
We got a slightly late start and had to park far away, but we thought it would be like the recital, about half full. We got there right at 8 p.m. and the place was packed. It held about 170 people, and we were lucky to find 2 seats together.
A class of U of M students created different instruments for Cory to play (with). He experimented with all of them, then they all got together and did a jam session. Then, we went to his "exhibit". There was a video of cats on pianos, a swirling double cubey thingy and guitar hero. Not much to see, really. But, kind of fun.
Here's the ad:
Jan. 16 at 8 p.m.
Where:
525 S. State St.
Ann Arbor
734-763-UMMA
UMMA - University of Michigan Museum of Art Website
Admission:
Free
Concert in the Helmut Stern Auditorium. Come experience this collaborative, improvisational performance between Brooklyn-based artist and musician Cory Arcangel and the University of Michigan Digital Music Ensemble. Marking the opening of Arcangel's solo exhibition at UMMA, this program will involve Arcangel and the audience experiencing and experimenting with a number of interactive, sound-producing objects created and displayed by the Digital Music Ensemble. The performance will be completely unscripted and the "instruments" will remain a mystery to Arcangel and the public at large until the show officially begins.
Lydia will add her part in a bit. I think she liked the musical rubber ducks. She did think it was really cool!
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Our First Dad/Daughter Time: Jan. 7, 2010
We barely made the first week with a D/D time, but there was a nifty Recital at the University of Michigan, only 13 minutes away (according to our GPS which we have dubbed MAGGIE). It was an 8:00 p.m. recital of U of M faculty and some cello students. SInce Lydia plays the cello a bit, it interested her, and I had been trying to get to one of these for years, so .... we went.
We were driving there in the dark, to a place we had never been before, and it was snowing. Heavily. But, we left early enough and after a couple of false starts, we finally found the place. We knew we were in the right spot when someone got out of their car in the parking lot carrying a violin. Lydia once played the violin, but it was too high pitched for her.
Here is the ad we found in the AA Observer (and on the U of M website):
Faculty Chamber Music Recital Jan. 7 -- 8:00pm -- E.V. Moore Building, Britton Recital Hall
PROGRAM: J.S. Bach - Cantata No. 51 “Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen” Caroline Helton (soprano), William Campbell (trumpet), Kathryn Goodson (harpsichord) Pia Greiner (cello); Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 Caroline Helton (soprano), students from the studio of Richard Aaron; Schoenfield - Ghetto Songs Caroline Helton (soprano), Stephen West (baritone), Paul Schoenfield (piano), Andrew Jennings (violin), Chad Burrow (clarinet), Diana Gannett (bass), Pia Greiner (cello) Free - no tickets required
It is 8:10. The concert still has not started yet.
I drew a digram for my father about pianos. I have no artistic skills. In science Blaster Junior there is a guy who is telling us to take pictures of stuff and he is SO ANNOYING anyhow in the concert there was a group of cellists and there was a guy with REALLY, REALLY COOL HAIR and he was cool. And they played this really seriously awespme thing that was brilliant and I liked it. Also Ms. Pia Greiner who is awesome as well did a thing and she and the bass player who had the same name as my geometry teacher, played really really really high and that's really difficult but she didn't look like she was having trouble at all she was just like "yeah this is how we all play cello in COLLEGE" yeah.
We were driving there in the dark, to a place we had never been before, and it was snowing. Heavily. But, we left early enough and after a couple of false starts, we finally found the place. We knew we were in the right spot when someone got out of their car in the parking lot carrying a violin. Lydia once played the violin, but it was too high pitched for her.
Here is the ad we found in the AA Observer (and on the U of M website):
Faculty Chamber Music Recital Jan. 7 -- 8:00pm -- E.V. Moore Building, Britton Recital Hall
PROGRAM: J.S. Bach - Cantata No. 51 “Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen” Caroline Helton (soprano), William Campbell (trumpet), Kathryn Goodson (harpsichord) Pia Greiner (cello); Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 Caroline Helton (soprano), students from the studio of Richard Aaron; Schoenfield - Ghetto Songs Caroline Helton (soprano), Stephen West (baritone), Paul Schoenfield (piano), Andrew Jennings (violin), Chad Burrow (clarinet), Diana Gannett (bass), Pia Greiner (cello) Free - no tickets required
It is 8:10. The concert still has not started yet.
I drew a digram for my father about pianos. I have no artistic skills. In science Blaster Junior there is a guy who is telling us to take pictures of stuff and he is SO ANNOYING anyhow in the concert there was a group of cellists and there was a guy with REALLY, REALLY COOL HAIR and he was cool. And they played this really seriously awespme thing that was brilliant and I liked it. Also Ms. Pia Greiner who is awesome as well did a thing and she and the bass player who had the same name as my geometry teacher, played really really really high and that's really difficult but she didn't look like she was having trouble at all she was just like "yeah this is how we all play cello in COLLEGE" yeah.
2010 Dad and Daughter Time
So...we start this blog because Lydia (the daughter) gave her Dad (Tom) a very special Christmas gift. She gave him a Dad/Daughter time once a week for the entire 2010 calendar year. We will try to do something together every week, even though Lydia is 15, a sophomore in high school and quite busy. Her Dad, a teacher of science, is also quite busy. But, we HAVE to get together once a week now, because it was a Christmas gift. Now for Lydia...
uh. yeah. this is I, the daughter, who is typing with one hand and thusly rejecting the capital letter at the I AM PLAYING SCIENCE BLASTERJUNIOR. It is really fun except it wants me to unmix stuff in the scienced library -- the Mixed Up Science Library, where there is a special machine Just To help Me Out. My father is baffled by this. But he is doing all right. Now I get to play cool games. Yaay Dad.
uh. yeah. this is I, the daughter, who is typing with one hand and thusly rejecting the capital letter at the I AM PLAYING SCIENCE BLASTERJUNIOR. It is really fun except it wants me to unmix stuff in the scienced library -- the Mixed Up Science Library, where there is a special machine Just To help Me Out. My father is baffled by this. But he is doing all right. Now I get to play cool games. Yaay Dad.
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