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The Improvising Eye: Understanding

Mauricio Martinez

Published: 2010-08-30

VIDEO: Part 2 of 5 in a documentary series on the ICASP project's objectives, research, and progress to date. A brief overview of the history and social dimensions and implications of improvisation are the focus of this entry in the series. TEXT: An artist's statement by creator Mauricio Martinez.

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So one of the things that improvisation has come to mean in the context of highly technological performance is that improvisation is the last claim to the legitimate presence of a human in the performance of music.

– Bob Ostertag