[in situ] : re-thinking the role of musical improvisation performance in the context of the ecological and cultural crisis
(2024)
author(s): Barbierato Leonardo
connected to: Enacting Artistic Research
published in: RUUKKU - Studies in Artistic Research
If there is one thing that complexity theory has taught us, it is to consider phenomena not as isolated events with properties of their own, but to observe them from a different perspective: as relations in a vast network of interdependent systems. In this light, the role of contemporary music performance has changed, and will continue to change, precisely because the context in which it is created and takes place is constantly evolving. Artistic research can provide the tools to be aware of these changes and to actively re-act in this changing context, not by simply transposing the context or its elements into a representational or aesthetic framework, as happened with the avant-gardes of the 20th century, but by breaking cultural boundaries through transpositions into distant fields with isomorphic functional principles. It is precisely because of this characteristic, which reveals the intrinsic interdisciplinarity in artistic research, that it is possible to revolutionize the traditional conception of music performance and not confine it to an aesthetic regime, but rather expand it to include the context. However, since relationships are not unambiguous, it is not just a matter of revising the concept of performance, but also of reviewing the way we experience and live in the context, as artists, as human beings, and as elements of a circuit of which we are only a small part. In this paper, I will first examine how environmental and social changes have been reflected in performative changes and the ways in which the context of the ecological crisis and contemporary performance are interrelated. Then, I will focus on my research project, “[in situ]”, highlighting its site/situation-specificity, flexibility, immersivity, and interactivity, and explaining how it aligns with and differs from other contemporary music performance practices.
Radical Interpretations of Iconic works for Percussion
(2024)
author(s): Kjell Tore Innervik
published in: Norwegian Academy of Music
The artistic development project Radical Interpretations investigates two iconic works for solo percussion and re-composes these. The goal of the project was to develop new creative and transdisciplinary research in interpretation of musical works.
Participants: percussionist Kjell Tore Innervik, Norwegian Academy of Music (NMH), composer Ivar Frounberg, NMH, designer Maziar Raein, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, experience designer Ståle Stenslie, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design, and music recording producer Morten Lindberg.
During the 3 years project, the team engaged with the music of Morton Feldman and Iannis Xenakis. The solo percussion pieces The King of Denmark and Psappha were the point of departure.
The cd [UTOPIAS ](http://www.2l.no/pages/album/141.html)(2L) contains the pure audio version of the pieces in high definition and immersive sound.-><-
On this site you will find other interpretations and iterations of the music made by the team.
IRTIKYTKETYISSÄ TILOISSA – poissaolevan kosketuksia katveessa
(2024)
author(s): Jaakko Ruuska
published in: University of the Arts Helsinki
Jaakko Ruuska:
IRTIKYTKETYISSÄ TILOISSA – POISSAOLEVAN KOSKETUKSIA KATVEESSA
Kuvataiteen tohtorin opinnäyte
Taideyliopiston Kuvataideakatemia, 2024
© Taideyliopisto ja kirjoittaja
ISBN 978-952-353-447-6
IRTIKYTKETYISSÄ TILOISSA – POISSAOLEVAN KOSKETUKSIA KATVEESSA muodostuu kolmesta taiteellisesta tutkimuksesta. Niissä tutkin kuljeskeluun perustuvien kokeellisten tutkimusmenetelmien avulla sitä, miten tilan kokemuksellisuuteen vaikuttaa sen taustalla olleen järjestyksen hajoaminen.
DISCONNECTED SPACE – CONTACTS WITH THE ABSENT IN THE BLIND SPOT is a doctoral thesis in Fine Arts, written in Finnish. The thesis is about the experiential phenomenon of space, which could be referred to as an off-connection in English. The thesis consists of three essays. The introduction in English is also included in the first page of the Thesis.
I FRIKOPPLADE RUM – DET FRÅNVARANDES BERÖRING I SKUGGAN Temat för det finskspråkiga lärdomsprov för doktorsexamen i bildkonst är en upplevelse av rumsliga fenomen, som på svenska kunde kallas frikoppling. Avhandlingen omfattar tre studier som observerar hur det det frånvarande och frånvaron ingår i en förnimbar upplevelse.Inledning på svenska finns också på uppsatsens första sida.
Pause in Nature, then Carry on with Hope
(2023)
author(s): Vija Anna Moore
published in: Research Catalogue
In this project, I set out to investigate and increase my understanding of the ways in which art and music can be used to give us the strength to process difficult emotions arising from complex societal issues and injustices. In psychology, artistic processes can be seen as a way of bridging the external world with the artist's internal world, thereby creating individual logic and organised chaos. (Kogan, 2018; Stratou, 2014; Hagman, 2010). Creating art is a process of the artist processing the outer world within their inner world and channelling the combined emotions into a form of artistic expression, (Stratou, 2014; Kogan, 2018; Hagman, 2010) which, in my case, is music.
With my current work, the creation process itself takes place in the forest because to me, that is a space that balances the complex and at times overwhelming external world and my internal world. By going into the forest I become immersed in the natural external world, rather than composing conceptual ideas of music in a practice room, isolated from the multi-sensual external world. As a consequence, the natural environment of the forest provided rich inspiration for composing music, providing stability and calm between my inner world and current external complexities. Urban landscapes and nature provide a haven for people in urban environments, especially those living in apartments, such as myself (Tan, Liao, Hwang, & Chua, 2018).
Throughout the project I uncovered new reflections and discoveries about moral responsibility following my research question of: How can art and music enable us to process difficult societal issues, emotions and give us hope?
{kA} : Oblivious to Gravity
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author(s): Gerriet K. Sharma
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Building-Sound Compositions in (half-)public places:
Starting from Graz, six vacant buildings in different European cities were researched as aural architectures and understood and experienced as an integral part of building-sound compositions. Techniques and strategies were developed how sound art can react systematically to site-specific architectual conditions or how these environmental acoustic characteristics can become part of a previously non-existent composition.
JENNY SUNESSON
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author(s): Jenny Sunesson
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Jenny Sunesson (b. 1973) is a Swedish artist predominantly
working with sound. Her practice ranges from field recording and live collages to conceptual sound art and video. Sunesson uses her own life as a stage for her dark, tragic and sometimes comical re-contextualised work where real and invented characters and
derogated stereotypes, collaborate in the alternate story of hierarchies and normative power structures in society.
Practices for the future / an Artogrphic approach
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author(s): Sebastian Ruiz Bartilson
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Task submission for course Dokumentation, reflektion och kritisk granskning / Documentation, Reflection and Critical Review
Application of Artographic methods towards own and/ or others dance practice.
Project "Practices for the future"
Building-Sound Compositions in (half-)public places: Starting from Graz, six vacant buildings in different European cities were researched as aural architectures and understood and experienced as an integral part of building-sound compositions. Techniques and strategies were developed how sound art can react systematically to site-specific architectual conditions or how these environmental acoustic characteristics can become part of a previously non-existent composition.open exposition comments (0)
Jenny Sunesson (b. 1973) is a Swedish artist predominantly working with sound. Her practice ranges from field recording and live collages to conceptual sound art and video. Sunesson uses her own life as a stage for her dark, tragic and sometimes comical re-contextualised work where real and invented characters and derogated stereotypes, collaborate in the alternate story of hierarchies and normative power structures in society.open exposition comments (0)
Task submission for course Dokumentation, reflektion och kritisk granskning / Documentation, Reflection and Critical Review Application of Artographic methods towards own and/ or others dance practice. Project "Practices for the future"open exposition comments (0)