Mc Laughlin, SG (2014) Intra-Agencies. CeReNeM Journal (4). pp. 76-88.
Abstract
In my recent practice I have developed a model of composition based on cybernetics, ANT, and interactions between human and material agencies. This model is a strict application of two overlapping processes enacted within a nonlinear and indeterminate acoustic environment. Typically this environment is musical/acoustic material that is metastable and extensible, affording stable patterns under certain conditions; multiphonics are a simple but non-exhaustive example of this. This article presents my current work-in-progress, a piece for solo cello, (1) discussing treatment of the instrument as a nonlinear space of acoustic continua (rather than event-based musical actions), and (2) outlining a theoretical basis for the performative exploration of such unstable musical materials by referring to research in the sociology/anthropology of science and technology (Lucy Suchman’s theory of Situated Actions), and philosophy of science (Andrew Pickering’s theories of human and material agencies).
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2014, the Author. This is an open access article licensed under a Creative Commons License (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0) |
Keywords: | composition, spectral, multiphonic, experimental music, performative, cybernetics, situated action |
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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: | 24 Mar 2016 10:50 |
Last Modified: | 06 Feb 2018 06:28 |
Published Version: | http://www.hud.ac.uk/research/researchcentres/cere... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | CeReNeM Journal |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:89346 |