Week 5 Forum - Pierre Heny

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kudos Henry!


Before today I had only heard Henry's music. After watching his work and lifestyle I've come to a few conclusions.

Henry's art work is very erratic. He makes art out of almost anything. It is as if he sees all objects different to the average person. "Outside the square" seems to be his life.

In his home, everything is so disorganized and random. I think his mind is muddled, chaotic and in disarray. I feel he has just expressed his art and lifestyle in a sonic form. I don't consider it "music" as such, but I feel the sonic outcome reflects him as a person. I suppose in many ways this is what music is meant to do, but I especially noticed this with Henry. His personal expressions don't change much at all, so he expresses most of his thoughts through his physical and sonic art.

I enjoyed Heny's sound-scapes. They sounded very full and warm and were original. But, I do feel Henry was overrated though. It is not very hard to create "music" by sampling anything and putting it together. If you approached a punter and played them a piece by Henry and then after played a musique concrete piece by a first year Music Technology student, do you really think they could tell the difference?

I am interested to see if anyone agrees with me.


[1] Futurama. Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurama (Accessed 7/4/8)
[2] Steven Whittington "Music Technology Forum: Semester 1 - Week 5 - Pierre Heny". Lecture presented at the Electronic Music Unit, University of Adelaide, South Australia, 3rd April 2008.