Zeke Virant's blog
Here’s an orchestral arrangement for that new, sorta unfinished tune, “Sam Brodsky.”
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, French Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Bass Trombone, Tuba, Strings, Bass Drum, Snare, Tambourine, Wood Block, Cymbals, Tubular Bells and Glockenspiel
Here’s adding to the name game: a new piece called “Sam Brodsky.”
Sam and I went to school together. He plays in a lot of bands. Go Sam!
This is a new piano piece called, “Kyle Gann.” Kyle was my composition teacher at Bard College. This piece is not a traditional homage but rather, a piece based on my former teacher.
I am starting to realize how ugly it gets when so much of your favorite music was recorded/composed by someone younger than you.
That young, punk don’t stay around forever (inside of us), and I don’t love many rock legends in their 30’s, 40’s, 50’s… 60’s.
Maybe Prince/David Bowie/Frank Zappa/Danzig/Lennon/McCartney dried up because they outgrew the music they loved most. That’s sad.
Basic rules: Stop at red. Go on green. But to translate these rules into a virtual environment. To have to try to persuade someone to pause at a sidewalk.
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Game’s are similar to a musical composition. Things are constantly being repeated. A propulsive structure: a structure the mind can follow and find a logic for following. The motif is shooting. The composition moves forward, the world is changing around me, and I got my reasons for going there.
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A video game acquires its own world of time. There’s Doom: subtly unceasing, every step truly a step forward in the scheme of slaughter. Doom’s game play is with a death pact with pacing. Slow down, and the drama falls apart.
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The parallel advance in technology and creative structure is the spirit of the times. The parallel advance in video game technology and the conceptional framework that creates them is the spirit of the times.
Dear friends, family, and colleagues,
I am writing today to ask for your help. I have been working on a new opera, “Tydrus the Twit,” for the past year, and after months of planning, we are starting our fund raising campaign. We are 13 musicians, actors, and artists eager to perform this exciting new opera, and with your help, we will be able to perform “Tydrus the Twit” at the Bushwick Project for the Arts in late November and Early December. Please see the link below:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zekevirant/experimental-opera-tydrus-the-twit
We need your help to make this project happen. We are trying to raise $2000 to cover rehearsal space, set design, costumes, and promotional expenses. This is an all or nothing affair. Either we get $2000 in donations, or we get nothing.
Please support new music and drama. Every single dollar is madly appreciated, and of course, we are giving away gifts for your generosity. For $25, you will receive two tickets to the show, a digital copy of Zeke Virant’s new album “Tydrus,” and a digital copy of the script for “Tydrus the Twit.” For $100, you will receive all of that, a personal thank you letter, a handmade copy of my new album, “Tydrus” and also, I will send you a candy bar of your choice, everyday for a week. For a full list of gifts, please visit our Kickstarter web page, http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zekevirant/experimental-opera-tydrus-the-twit
Please support new artistic endeavors and forward this e-mail to your friends, our friends, our family, and help us reach our goal. I appreciate all of the support and encouragement you all have given me over the years, and I hopefully I will be able to see you all at the show.
All my love and all my best,
Zeke
Ancient knowledge, dead men, piles
Axe replaces bone, night school
Iron ore processing plant
I said I wake up in the morning and they’re ain’t no jobs, the middle of a gray and worthless moment: makes me feel
beautiful in sense of having it, your eyes, silhouette wrap by candle and glow,
you’re beautiful sunrise,
you’re beautiful snow
Golden girl with hair, on the tracks where the train goes,
I gave you flowers and leaves,
and you kept them.
drew circles on the ground and around each other.
I liked you and I told you that.
Basically, experiment Their progress is subtle, and with
Part of the “pretentious” argument comes from the rethinking and reworking of older forms.
Part of the push
Within the sphere of technological progress, there is a sometimes-useless spectacle will take precedent over seamless immersive experience.
newness of videogame design allows freedoms of Though the claim can be made that technology
Videogames are in a business of evolving worlds and advancing the immersive and interactive
Where does this optimistic aura come from?
most optimistic art form in existence…that is, if you ignore the argument that people who do not play videogames think videogames are childish and simple, therefore, not art.
In the meantime, new art is
Due to budget constraints, independent game makers must always work with dated technology and thusly are against the established
Part of the “pretentious” argument comes from the rethinking and reworking of older forms.
I guess you can’t really call it experimental if it’s so readily accepted?
Can you really call it art if experiments
Unlike the stasis of present day experimental art, is the product of established norms within the community.
A repertoire based is almost always based around masterworks drawing the focus of an idea away from the
This is simply a sign of a mature critical grasp of an art form. As societies become familiar with
There is always hope with an infant.
The two-dimensional mushroom kingdom has evolved into the darkly humored nuclear wasteland.
Game narratives have evolved into complex and New techniques While the frame for
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The newness (and refinement) of game design is at the heart of every videogame blockbuster.
The infancy of games
Older game designs, like puzzle games and racing games, are being implemented into increasingly complex game constructions. These games within the game play various roles in the player’s experience. For example, a puzzle can be implemented so as to give personality to a character or an environment: your character visits a gypsy village, and an old woman challenges you to solve a puzzle. Mechanics from racing games are utilized in every Grand Theft Auto game as the central means of exploring the game’s environment. As more game designs are developed, varied means of
A puzzle can be utilized as an expendable mini-game or as the crux of a discovery. that serves to unlock to entertain the player or as the means of exploring a virtual environment.
Developers update older game designs by synthesizing them into
by creating new polyphony of game design
With the occasional large development (2D to 3D environments, internet content and multiplayer capabilities), the
Game designers must always refine previous designs while creating new ones. are faced with dilemma
With every new promise, there comes a new image of freedom of functions as a
The breakthrough event: a
While everyone’s ideal is different,
People can place their own dream and idea upon it.
Only time will tell
A question arises from the newness aura that surrounds videogames: how will future generations experience our games? How will the context shift?
Videogames are a constant experiment. The newness of a multimedia, interactive narrative
Constant technological progress is making the reassessment of older videogames harder or
The stasis of present day experimental art is the product of established norms within the community.
A repertoire based is almost always based around masterworks drawing the focus of an idea away from the
This is simply a sign of a mature critical grasp of an art form. As societies become familiar with
Constant technological advances allow developers a certain amount of freedom to experiment.
With technology opening up new options, developers are encouraged to take risks and experiment.
Due to budget constraints, independent game makers must always work with dated technology and thusly are against the established
Part of the “pretentious” argument comes from the rethinking and reworking of older forms.
face the problem of working within territory
comparative cultural problems: problems with engrained
Pong. centuries from now, our offspring
the it will be hard to picture anyone but the media historians playing Legend of Zelda.
The newness surrounding videogames
videogames establish new narrative structures, new interactive components, Videogame sequels The progress of videogames is
Resident Evil 1, 2, and 3
Fallout 1 and 2’s superior dialog to Fallout 3
Grand Theft Auto 4’s narrative superiority and setting to GTA 1, 2, 3’s
Technology’s
Experiments with structure and game play
Gameplay:
soundtrack
frame of control
Dialog
Videogames open up worlds of motion
Videogames are exploratory art
Same thing?
The actor plays a role. The actor follows the rules and then plays the game. The discovery process for an actor is internal: realization through repetition. It is finding the essence of the action and seeing the self through many different perspectives.
The interactor discovers a role. The interactor learns the rules by playing a game. The discovery process is external: realization of one’s surroundings through exploration. Revelation through time. Function in relation to capability.
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