iart 06 perfoming body Flashcards
Christopher Small:“Musicking”
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“The essence of music lies not in musical
works but in taking part in performance, in
social action.”
Music: not a noun, but a verb = “to music”
Musicking
to take part in any capacity in a
musical performance
Meaning: in the relationships that are
established between the participants by the
performance
Relationships of a musical performance:
- Physical Setting
- Those taking part (performers, listeners, anyone
else) - Those between the sounds
Not abstract, but rooted in experience
Active or Passive
Importance of performance
Q: What does it mean to “perform?”
Not musical objects or things, but in practice
Musicking:
Performing Listening Composing Practicing/Rehearsing Dancing Even: ushers, piano movers, cleaners, etc.
Musicking
= action
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)
drip painting
Action Painting:
Mid 20th century painting style in which
the artist throws, drops, or splatters paint on a canvas to convey a sense of physical activity.
-physical, rhythmic
Abstract Expressionism
Mid 20th century painting style
that rejected realistic representation and emphasized the artist’s spontaneous and emotional interaction with the work.
Erving Goffman:
“Performances: Front”
Performance
all of the activity of an
individual which occurs during a period
marked by his/her continuous presence
before observers.
Merce Cunningham
- Choreographer
- Worked with John Cage from the 1940s to Cage’s Death in 1992
- Dance not directly linked with anything but the body itself, movement
- Got rid of other dance conventions:
- conventional form, gestures, climax, etc.
- Emphasis on chance, indeterminacy
Marina Abramovic
Zivkovic:
- “beings” and “situations” that puzzle us
- Cause “ripples” in our experience
- Zivkovic: This = “shimmerings”
How do we know that a being
from another world passes
through ours?”
Ripples, preturbations
Abramovic:
She is the artwork
there is no separate object
Andy Warhol (1928-87)
Used everyday objects, photos, advertising as material
