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Wagner's NightmareAuthor: Daniel Orsen and Pierre-Nicolas Colombat
The podcast for Wagner's Nightmare: a send-up to the most controversial composer of all time. We will discuss Wagner, the many things he didn't like, and his complicated legacy with musicians, critics, philosophers, and fans. We will also be sharing our personal journey through Wagner's Nightmare as we work towards recording and releasing an album of music Wagner wouldn't like. https://www.wagnersnightmare.com/ Language: en Genres: Music, Music Interviews, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Philosophy of Media, Technology, and Richard Wagner: from Gesamtkunstwerk to NFTs | Babette Babich
Monday, 27 March, 2023
What is media? What is its impact on classical music? How did Wagner affect media/how has he been affected by media over the last century-and-a-half? We are joined by Babette Babich, Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University, for a conversation about the philosophy of media and technology and, of course, Richard Wagner. We were especially excited for this conversation because of Dr. Babich's work on Theodor Adorno, Günther Anders, the philosphy of media and technology, and aesthetics. Wagner had a massive impact on media and the people who fashioned media studies (Adorno, Anders). But we at Wagner's Nightmare are also approaching this from the other end because we released our album as an NFT. For business reasons we think NFTs will serve us better than streaming, but as artists we recognize it is a (potentially) new form of media to grapple with. (That being said, streaming is a very different medium than CDs or even digital downloads, which classical musicians never properly reckoned with.) And NFTs are of course associated with Web3, Virtual Reality, and the “metaverse” - which will shake up the media landscape yet again. What exactly that means for classical music, we don’t know. But we are excited to think about it and pragmatically wade into those waters. Purchase the Wagner's Nightmare Limited Digital Album: https://wagnersnightmare.netlify.app/
