A Time of Unfulfilled Expectations

Miriana Faieta

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My doctoral research project explores the use of language and the production of meaning in singing, more specifically in collective vocal improvisation. When we sing together improvising, how do we use language? And how can a different use of language in a community of singers innovate our musical practice? In «Re-voicing the Text. A Collective Practice of Vocal Improvisation», the line between a research presentation and a collective performance is blurred, as well as the boundary between doing research and sharing research. During this session, participants sang together and reflected out loud with me, and I with them, on our native languages and the way a certain use of language might induce us to conceive time in music differently. Our exploration began with Mentre (“While”), a short text by Giorgio Agamben, in which the philosopher proposes using language—and adverbs in particular—as a way of rethinking time.

type	research exposition
keywords	voice, language, voice and language, vocal improvisation, Collective improvisation, time, grammar, singing, Speaking, song and speech
date	18/09/2025
published	17/11/2025
last modified	17/11/2025
status	published
affiliation	Orpheus Instituut, University of Antwerp
copyright	Miriana Faieta
license	CC BY-NC-ND
language	English
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3872930/3872931
doi	https://doi.org/10.22501/rc.3872930
published in	Research Catalogue

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copyright	Daniele Pozzi
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copyright	Miriana Faieta
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