Docherty, C., Iddon, M. orcid.org/0000-0003-4282-4334, Jensenius, A.R. et al. (2 more authors) (Cover date: October 2024) ‘“Are You Still There?” Experiencing Sonic Bothy’s Verbaaaaatim’. Tempo, 78 (310). pp. 13-24. ISSN 0040-2982
Abstract
Sonic Bothy is an inclusive experimental and new-music organisation with an ensemble of musicians with and without disabilities and neurodiversities. This article considers their audiovisual piece Verbaaaaatim (2020–21), its form marked by the context of its development and composition during the COVID-19 pandemic, using a set of interlayered perspectives that mirror the formal layers of the piece. Recorded in a single take, it comprises instrumental sounds, spoken words, written words, static and dynamic graphics and videos of the performers, aligned so that the piece seems consistently to flow onwards, although it is not always clear which element impels its forward motion. The article considers, in particular, Verbaaaaatim's presentation of modes of embodied conviviality between its performers, the ways these find resonance in wider histories of experimental music and the ways in which its elements can be understood in an ecological framework as ‘sound actions’.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This is an author produced version of an article published in Tempo, made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Music (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Nov 2024 10:16 |
Last Modified: | 14 Jan 2025 09:07 |
Published Version: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/tempo/arti... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S0040298224000354 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:219830 |