Annihilation|Augmentation|Assimilation|Aether
Music is more than an object of study: it is a way of perceiving the world; a tool of understanding (Attali 1985: 90) This project was undertaken as an experimental […]
Category Archives: Annihilation + Aether
Annihilation [rebirth of death] 0 – 2.30
Even those who think that death is a continuation, and not an ending, can benefit from contemplating the implications of annihilation (Luper 2009: 3) The significance of death is the […]
Augmentation [time of death] 2.31 – 5.00
The production of fiction requires an absence from worldly reality and a duplication of the teller in a site of potentiality positioned between life and death (Bronfen 1992: 358) Following […]
Assimilation [density of death] 5.01 – 7.30
Through music’s interaction with the environment, and thanks to its permanent availability, a combinative process can be derived to expose its multiple, even infinite, facets (Schöffer 1985: 60) Middleton’s theory […]
Aether [space of death] 7.31 – 10.00
This effacement of the boundary distinction between fantasy and reality occurs when something is experienced as real which up to that point was conceived as imagined (Bronfen 1992: 113) The […]
Conclusions
The silent death is considered a naked death. Death must always have its accompaniment (Seremetakis 1991: 76) In conclusion, as the deathscape and the theory underpinning its formations are highly […]
Appendix – Theoretical Framework
An expanded description of the theories that were utilised to create a framework for the composition and the recording of source material. Brøvig-Hanssen Mediating technology in musical creation facilitates the […]
SonifiedScapes 