Geplaatst op 25 May 2011
25 May 2011
Orpheus Institute (Ghent, Belgium)
For as
long as we have had the desire to communicate that which words cannot
express, we have imagined and fashioned instruments. Indeed, in the
sphere of musicianship, the instrument, tool, or material is integral to
almost every aspect of musical practice – and vice versa. Performing
musicians often take this symbiotic relationship for granted. However
when performance practices are thoughtfully examined in the context of
artistic research, a startling array of multifaceted interrelationships,
co‐dependencies and contradictions can often arise.
Most performers would agree that the tools they use are at the service
of some message, but how accurate is this assumption? Regardless of how
an individual artist may define parameters such as ‘instrument’ or
‘music’, what is the nature of this complex relationship, and how are
such connections challenged, illuminated, obscured or reinforced in
performance, or through practice‐based research?
Guest speaker is Walter van Hauwe, musician (recorder, flauto traverso).
