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The poetics of negativity in sound based artistic practice

This research focuses on the investigation of the poetic potentials of negativity through the exploitation of failure in sound based artistic practices
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Carlos Eduardo Soares (Caeso)

composer, electronic, stringed instrument
Keywords: failure, negative, experimental music, sound art
Duration: Started in 2021
Period: 21st century music
Musician type: composer, electronic, stringed instrument
Host institution: Leiden University

By means of exploring its negative connotations as a disruptive force beyond its immediate aesthetic implications, failure is a poetic strategy used in order for artworks to subsist apart from a possible 'tracing back' to standard approaches. This research proposal focuses on the investigation of the poetic potentials of negativity through the exploitation of failure in sound based artistic practices - a context that has not been extensively addressed. Investigations should be conducted through practice-as-research, as there is no substantial repertoire which clearly relates to the subject, requiring critical and creative engagement to develop new ways to address it through an artistic perspective.