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Federica Buongiorno
Reduction in Computer Music
Bodies, Temporalities, and Generative Computation
In the age of pervasive computing the way our body interacts with reality needs to be reconceptualized. The reduction of embodiment is a problem for computer music since this music relies heavily on different layers of (digital) technology and mediation in order to be produced and performed. The article shows that such a mediation should not be conceived of as an obstacle but rather as a constitutive element of a permanent, complex negotiation between the artist, the machinery, and the audience, aimed at shaping a different temporality for musical language (as the Italian artist Caterina Barbieri develops).
Keywords: Embodiment; Philosophy of music; Phenomenology; Minimalism; Minimal music; Temporality; Computation; Computer music; Digital technology
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Reduction in Computer Music
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Bodies, Temporalities, and Generative Computation
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Federica Buongiorno
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In the age of pervasive computing the way our body interacts with reality needs to be reconceptualized. The reduction of embodiment is a problem for computer music since this music relies heavily on different layers of (digital) technology and mediation in order to be produced and performed. The article shows that such a mediation should not be conceived of as an obstacle but rather as a constitutive element of a permanent, complex negotiation between the artist, the machinery, and the audience, aimed at shaping a different temporality for musical language (as the Italian artist Caterina Barbieri develops).
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Berlin
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ICI Berlin Press
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11 October 2022
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Embodiment
Philosophy of music
Phenomenology
Minimalism
Minimal music
Temporality
Computation
Computer music
Digital technology
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© by the author(s)
Except for images or otherwise noted, this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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en-GB
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175
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190
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The Case for Reduction, ed. by Christoph F. E. Holzhey and Jakob Schillinger, Cultural Inquiry, 25 (Berlin: ICI Berlin Press, 2022), pp. 175–90
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Cite as:
Federica Buongiorno, ‘Reduction in Computer Music: Bodies, Temporalities, and Generative Computation’, in The Case for Reduction, ed. by Christoph F. E. Holzhey and Jakob Schillinger, Cultural Inquiry, 25 (Berlin: ICI Berlin Press, 2022), pp. 175-90 <https://doi.org/10.37050/ci-25_09>