Replying to LO28319 --
Osiyo At, you said:
> Thank you Ray for settting me thinking again exactly where Art comes into
> science. Now where would Science come exactly into art? And where do they
> leave each other???
Science, Art and Shamanism all merge in the dictum to "be observant"
followed by "know Thyself." In complexity it is "Situational Complexity"
and "Cognitive Complexity." Performance, like Science is made up of two
types of complexity. You used the term "bounded" and I will as well. On
kind of Musical work is a limited (bounded) system that virtuosity reduces
the complexity to zero through the pedagogy of practice. I guess you
could compare that to science in knowing how to do an experiment or having
the tools to do an experiment correctly. However, in Science the
repetition of an experiment is meant to prove Truth and Predictability,
while in the Performing Arts, repetition is meant to develop virtuosity or
Mastery at Performance. Science has to "prove" the predictability of the
work through repetition while Art separates in that you have to be able to
perform the work, or express as a language to differing audiences in
differeing situations. Science is concerned with the analysis, Art is
concerned with the expression of the experience or ritual of that
analysis, I could use the word "sharing" or even "dialog."
The second type of Art is Aleatorical and is based upon what is
encountered as the score. It is the control of the encounter that sets
the instructions for performance of the piece. (Cage) In Aleatorical Art
you have the possibility of an escalation of complexity based upon
confusion or data overload. Escalation is diffused by making everything
correct. i.e. the art is explored only at the level of one's cognitive
virtuosity. We say "To know the result before you act is the 'golden rule'
of performance." (Lamperti) Obviously Lamperti was speaking of bounded
systems. So in Aleatory works you deliberately limit yourself to the edge
of one's competance but without going "over the edge." Going over the
edge is not Art but Life.
If one actually kills in a drama, all Art has stopped. You must be able
to repeat and master the Art without replacing Actors and that is not
possible in death. Real Art does not reduce the Actor to a technological
object to be used up. That is anathema to the intent of Art which is to
"pursue values". Art cannot escape ethics but must always be holistic in
its approach. It then ritualizes the Truth of the society it mirrors in
an exceptional product or artifact (Beauty) and dialogs with the society
in that mirroring. Pimal Art is powerful in the same way a mirror is
powerful. It gives the audience options. Art stops at death and probably
at actual sexual experience as well since these two experiences are too
personal, too close and are not objective. Death destroys objectivity
while sex, in performing art, tends to make the person insensitive to
either the life act or the expression to the audience. But I won't say
anymore about sex since someone can always prove you wrong. I do, however
feel sure about the limit set upon actual killing or murder. Science has
no such limit as in war. Some use metaphors like the Art of War and
Martial Arts but the moment the intention goes beyond the Art itself the
metaphor doesn't work. Art has to be repeatable with the same subjects.
Death precludes that. Art is about life and people while science
objectifies things. Objectivity can be a part of Art but Art has no such
bounderies. The only boundry is life itself.
I'm going in circles on this. Let me just say that Science uses the same
materials but its intention is different. The structures of Art are used
in Science as is the reverse but the intention is different. Art is
holistically involved in developing the human mind, body, spirit and heart
into a living instrument that expands to the limits of its potential.
The Art world is just as rational as Science but is found within while
science does everything without or outside. In Art the body is the
instrument while it Science you create substitutes for the body so that
you can ignore the body's frailties. Art develops the body that includes
the mind. Science develops the mind that includes the body.
Regards
Ray Evans Harrell
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