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ANTI-SONIFICATION MANIFESTO

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- SONIFICATION BRINGS OUT DATA

- ANTI-SONIFICATION CONSIDERS NOISE AS DATA TOO, AND BRINGS OUT BOTH

- SONIFICATION STRIVES TO BE USEFUL BUT RARELY IS

- ANTI-SONIFICATION IS ART

- SONIFICATION SHOWS ITS TRUE FACE IN ITS OBSESSION WITH THE STOCK MARKET

- ANTI-SONIFICATION KNOWS ABOUT MANY KINDS OF CHAOS

- SONIFICATION IS ABOUT CLARIFYING AND SETTLING THE COMPLICATED

- ANTI-SONIFICATION IS ABOUT CONFUSING AND QUESTIONING (THE SIMPLE, TOO)

- SONIFICATION ADJUSTS ITS OUTPUT TO CULTURAL AND MUSICAL NORMS

- ANTI-SONIFICATION DOES NOT USE MAPPING TO COVER UP THE EXPRESSION OF RAW DATA

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SONIFICATION IS JUST ANOTHER WAY OF SELLING OUT TO THE STEM HYPE

IT HAS NO PLACE IN MUSIC OR ART

ANTI-SONIFICATION IS CHEAP AND POOR

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EXAMPLES OF ANTI-SONIFICATION

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- 1000X GAIN ON A TRANSDUCER

- PLUGGING A VIDEO CAMERA INTO A PA SYSTEM

- OUTPUTTING RAW DATA (.TXT --> .AIFF)

- USING DATA AS CONTROL PARAMETERS FOR ART INSTEAD OF “CONVEYING” IT

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Max Wainwright 2016

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