(thought I'd move this discussion to a new thread)
the idea of modularity is central to the minimalist cannon, in art, architecture, and music.
with modular constructions, there are numerous, sometimes inumerable, identical copies made of a single unit, which are then placed often equal distance from eachother, forming a tableau of rhythmic repetition.
so perhaps it can be said that this kind of logic, this kind of way of process, of doing things, promotes a kind of democratization, a kind of decentralized antithesis to heirarchy, where individual characteristics are downplayed to the point of non-existence, embracing a collectivity where separate units join together, in service of a highter function. so maybe in Minimalism subjectivity, the automaton of the author, and the expressiveness of the ego, is dispersed along an endless series of being/becoming (I can't decide which).
so then... is minimalism socialist?
the idea of modularity is central to the minimalist cannon, in art, architecture, and music.
with modular constructions, there are numerous, sometimes inumerable, identical copies made of a single unit, which are then placed often equal distance from eachother, forming a tableau of rhythmic repetition.
so perhaps it can be said that this kind of logic, this kind of way of process, of doing things, promotes a kind of democratization, a kind of decentralized antithesis to heirarchy, where individual characteristics are downplayed to the point of non-existence, embracing a collectivity where separate units join together, in service of a highter function. so maybe in Minimalism subjectivity, the automaton of the author, and the expressiveness of the ego, is dispersed along an endless series of being/becoming (I can't decide which).
so then... is minimalism socialist?