FM: We think a lot about murmur, what Du Bois calls “the murmur of ages,” and we think about murmuration, that amazing shift of social formation that birds do in the air.
SS: Like over Brighton pier.
FM: “Murmuration” is a cool word because it bears the trace of the sound. It’s beautiful when you watch those movements, but it’s even more beautiful when you hear them. The internal differentiation of the swarm is absolute wealth.
Extract from Refusing Completion: A Conversation
Fred Moten, Stefano Harney, and Stevphen Shukaitis
Georgia are Justin Tripp and Brian Close - and they make music, videos, films and performances from their base in Chinatown, New York. Tune in for a monthly hour of oddball electronics; whether ambient or fit for the floor…
Georgia are Justin Tripp and Brian Close - and they make music, videos, films and performances from their base in Chinatown, New York. Tune in for a monthly hour of oddball electronics; whether ambient or fit for the floor…