The Pontydian Performance: the performative layer

Franziska Schroeder; Pedro Rebelo

doi:10.1017/S1355771809000247

The Pontydian Performance: the performative layer

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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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	134-141
Number of pages	8
Journal	Organised Sound
Volume	14
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355771809000247
Publication status	Published - Aug 2009

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