Experience Music Experiment
Pragmatism and Artistic Research
Edited by William Brooks
Challenging perspectives on artistic research in and
through experimental discourse
“Truth happens to an idea.” So wrote William James in
1907; and twenty-four years later John Dewey argued that artistic experience
entailed a process of “doing and undergoing.” But what do these ideas have to
do with music, or with research conducted in and through music—that is, with
“artistic research”? In this collection of essays, fourteen very different
authors respond with distinct and challenging perspectives. Some report on
their own experiments and experiences; some offer
probing analyses of noteworthy practices; some view historical continuities
through the lens of pragmatism and artistic experiment. The resulting
collection yields new insights into what musicians do, how they experiment, and
what they experience—insights that arise not from doctrine, but from diverse
voices seeking common ground in and through experimental discourse: artistic
research in and of itself.
Contributors: William Brooks (Orpheus Institute), Richard Shusterman (Florida Atlantic University), Thibault Galland (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Ivana Miladinović Prica (University of Arts in Belgrade), Caitlin Rowley (Bath Spa University), Nicholas Brown (Trinity College Dublin / Orpheus Institute), Winnie Huang (Orpheus Institute / Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp), Fiona Smyth and Victoria Tzotzkova (Independent Scholars), Marco Fusi (Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp), Clare Lesser (New York University Abu Dhabi), Garry Hagberg (Bard College), Ann Warde (Independent Scholar), Deniz Ertan (Independent Scholar), Ambrose Field (University of York)
This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).
Format: Edited volume - ebook
272 pages
ISBN: 9789461663924
Publication: June 30, 2021
Series: Orpheus Institute Series
Languages: English