Subject: Re: Acousmatic - do the intent and the listening conditions alter it?
From: lawrence casserley (leo@chiltern.demon.co.uk)
Date: Sun Dec 31 2006 - 12:51:39 EST
Lisa
With the greatest respect (and I do really mean that!) this seems to
me a question about something that doesn't matter at all. If you make
the piece with acousmatic means and intentions, even with the idea
that it will be part of a performance involving dance, mime, video or
whatever, then it is so. Even if the dancer attempts to act the
source of the sounds (BTW, I can imagine something really beautiful
being done with that idea) the real source is not present or apparent.
More importantly, I can't imagine a situation in which I would worry
whether a particular label of any kind would be applied to my music.
What matters is whether the music and the dance are fused into a
successful (whatever that may be!) entity. If acousmatic means are
the right way for you to achieve that, then that is what you should
use. I can't see any reason why it would cease to be acousmatic in
this context, any more than cello music would cease to be cello music.
There is a long history of music for dance being played also as
concert music - whether a special version is required will depend on
the music. Listen to Stravinsky a bit?!!! ;-)>L
Best
L
On 30 Dec 2006, at 12:54, Lisa Whistlecroft wrote:
> Would an otherwise acousmatic piece cease to be acousmatic if it
> were performed as the sound for a dance? i.e. does the act of
> presenting a visual happening in conjunction with the sound nullify
> the acousmatic nature of the composition, even though the dancer is
> not making the sounds, nor miming to them - but IS creating a
> parallel (and intimately related) art form presentation in the same
> space at the same time?
>
> If the piece were to have been created specifically for the purpose
> of accompanying (in the sense of journeying with, and serving, but
> not of being subservient to) the dance - would that preclude
> forever it being an acousmatic piece?
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