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THE POETICS OF A MULTIPHONIC LANDSCAPE (2019)

Torben Snekkestad
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The project is an artistic research project focusing on the saxophone􏰁s ability to produce multiphonics (multiple sounds on an instrument considered monophonic). It is a personal artistic exploration into the process of unfolding the poetics of these complex sonics and a reflection over the process, methods and the creation of an album trilogy, consisting of acoustic solo music recorded during the research period. The main question I have been asking myself during this project has been: What happens if the raw musical material, in the creation of a set of solo saxophone works, is based on the multiphonics only and what this material in itself suggest – possibly independent of any stylistic affiliation? 
My main objective was to examine why the saxophone’s multiphonics have such a captivating effect on me. How could I possibly explore their intrinsic qualities and unfold the poetic potential in them? By the same token, my ambition was to find a suitable artistic context for this enamored relationship that so heavily has stirred the waves of my imagination. In the reflection text on the project, I disclose how some unexpected paths during this pursuit revealed themselves. From sprouting interest toward underwater soundscapes, to the making of a hybrid instrument called reed-trumpet; and how my personal catalog of multiple sounds found its place, not in a public pdf-document or book release, but in a German wooden archive box. I relay in what way I began to take on the intrinsic qualities of the multiphonics and the reason why an oscillation between artistic intention and action is so pivotal for an improviser. To make sure that the project had this focus at all time I sat up a dogma that contains a list of eight fundamental criteria that manifest the intentions and structure as well as sharpen the working methods.
typeresearch exposition
date15/10/2018
published28/12/2019
last modified28/12/2019
statuspublished
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affiliationNorwegian Artistic Research Programme, Norwegian Academy of Music, Rhythmic Music Conservatory
copyrightTORBEN SNEKKESTAD
licenseAll rights reserved
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/518792/522412
doihttps://doi.org/10.22501/rc.518792
published inResearch Catalogue
portal issue1. Test Issue
connected toRhythmic Music Conservatory Copenhagen


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