The Pontydian Performance: the performative layer

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Abstract

In this paper we reflect on the performer-instrument relationship by turning towards the thinking practices of the French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961). Merleau-Ponty's phenomenological idea of the body as being at the centre of the world highlights an embodied position in the world and bestows significance onto the body as a whole, onto the body as a lived body. In order to better understand this two-way relationship of instrument and performer, we introduce the notion of the performative layer, which emerges through strategies for dealing with discontinuities, breakdowns and the unexpected in network performance.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)134-141
Number of pages8
JournalOrganised Sound
Volume14
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2009

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Music
  • Computer Science Applications

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