The iPoet asks “How the poet can be heard in a world of screens?” which is actually both question and statement. The answer is the medium in which the poem is contained. The work delivers it’s finest moment when it cut’s through to transcendence with the insight “the poet writes life hearing death.” ‘Why do we need poets?’ indeed.
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Felipe Barral Momberg, the self-proclaimed iPoet, is a one man revolution. His piece “The arrival of the iPoet” is the manifesto of iPoetry. The work explicitly blurs the boundries between poetry, music and visual art. There is a strong connection between Momberg’s iPoetry and the Artronica movement. We both embrace the spirit of removing the aesthetic constructs that sometimes seem to unnecessarily segregate the arts. We say ‘Music is Art’. Momberg’s refreshingly direct work says iPoetry is art AND music…and we agree!
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1-Bit Symphony
We haven’t curated much at Artronica but this piece is just too irresistible to pass up. I came across this piece from Avantpost on Tumblr. This is exactly what I hope we’ll start doing at Artronica. Make physical music art objects. Even though Tristan Perich is not affiliated with Artronica his work is a fresh inspiration for us. I have been critical of the sale of mp3s and cds, but I have no qualms about encouraging you to buy this work on Tristan Perich’s website because you are really getting an object of true value here.
Jason Freeman and Japan Soul - Piano Etudes - I. Observing Squirrels
I came across Jason Freeman’s Piano Etudes a few months ago. I believe it had been featured in the New York Times. I was a bit floored because I actually had a similar idea about eight years ago to make something I called “non-linear” music. Well this is certainly that. I did actually record some live performed pieces of non-linear music back then, but the full bloom of the idea would have been to do what Jason Freeman has done and transform the listener into the arranger. Continue reading