A PLAY WITH TRADITIONS // BUDSTIKKE // SKETCH OF AESTHETICS
SKETCH OF AESTHETICS
This and the next five pages are budstikke, a collection of sound and text that descibes areas that interest me personally about Norwegian slått music. The words below embody a free sketch I have used in my practice; exaggerated dichotomies of aesthestic ideals in the performance traditions.
Folk music performance
Classical romantic performance
the low voiced
the grandiose
the close
the voluminous
the subtle
the virtuoso
the oblique
the even
the uneven
the polished
the rough
the wet
the dry
the shining
the coarse
the emotional
the every day
the espressive
the trivial
the monumental
the simple
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etc...