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Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Neil Young's Archives: The Archives as Art | NYA


NYA: The Archives as Art | Times Contrarian

A rather provocative opinion posted on Neil Young's Times Contrarian NYA: The Archives as Art | Times Contrarian by Prof. Chris Morash, Seamus Heaney Professor of Irish Writing at Trinity College in Dublin.

Prof. Morash posits that Neil Young's Archives project is not just a music streaming service but an entire architecture of an artist's body of work ecosystem.

The digital service is a "new kind of art form ... a pioneering example ... to explore the old in new ways". Prof. Morash uses literary analysis to make the point between great works of literature and NYA as a philosophical concept of time travel between past, present and future.

Just last week, we posted an in-depth review of Neil Young's quest to push the boundaries of sound into new frontiers on How Neil Young's Eccentric Online Home Was Born | Fortune by Morgan Enos. The article noted that NYA's approach is "not conventional” using a retro style design.


Neil Young requested his Archives "[not] look like a website."

We have also explored this aspect of Greendale as a revolutionary new art form, as well. With 2003's Greendale ,some critics went as far as saying that Young had broken new ground by creating an entirely unique art form -- the "audio novel". From New York Times article 'Have You Heard the New Neil Young Novel?' by Madison Smartt Bell:
"Mr. Young has always been remarkable for his creative resilience, and this time he really has done something new, rendering into this combination of print and audio a novel that is surprisingly sophisticated and satisfyingly complete."
Making Greendale
Neil Young Filming Greendale Actors Grandpa & Jed

More on NYA: The Archives as Art | Times Contrarian and COMING SOON: Goin' To Greendale | Neil Young Archives | BENTLEY’S BANDSTAND.
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3 comments:

  1. Babbo B.1/22/2020 07:34:00 PM

    Congrats to Neil on his long-awaited U.S. citizenship.

    https://neilyoungarchives.com/news/1/article?id=Im-Happy-To-Report-Im-In-Vote-Your-Conscience

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    1. Unknown1/23/2020 12:53:00 AM

      Thank you Neil, for a Lifetime of great music and films. May you be with us for another 50 years!

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  2. thrasher1/23/2020 09:26:00 AM

    Thanks Babbo. Just posted. CITIZEN NEIL, welcome to the U.S.of A. !

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