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An inexperienced singer makes audible again how difficult it is to achieve perfection.
An audience can identify with the auditioner because it can imagine what that person must be going…
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For centuries, music was above all something to do.
A concert was not a passive experience, but an activity. In church or during parties and…
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The arrangement of seats in rows in a concert hall has only been customary for about a hundred years.
Before that, the chairs were placed around tables and coffee was served. A concert was a social…
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Since about a hundred years ago, a concert of classical music has been a solitary experience.
The musicians are often far away, on an elevated stage. Your ticket tells you which seat you’re…
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As soon as the applause has dyed away, the musicians disappear into the dressing rooms.
Similarly, the audience instantly disintegrates. Some people go home directly, others are engaged…
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Patterns are deeply rooted in human beings.
The challenge is to break through them without simply replacing them with new patterns. Because…
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ACADEMIA
note 76
76 Cultural centres can become key players in the democratic process, as became evident in the…
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Being Another’s Witness
How does a designer look at the work of his or her fellow colleagues? What are the issues of…
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Seperated Families
How must it be when your mum tells you that they she has to move to another country to work and…
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Seeing how others are looking
The viewers often don’t want to interrupt each other’s view. Which creates a funny situation when…
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Onshore/Offshore
These containers are meant for cargo, not for people. In the container a light bulb was hanging on…
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Who, then, is the actual witness?
Western authors walk a thin line. De facto, collaborative undertakings such as ‘Breaking the…
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Hybrid witnessing
‘Breaking the silence’ and ‘We want (u) to know’ elaborate upon such ‘hybrid witnessing’.
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The act of sensing
Some further explanation is needed for Body Moves. As mentioned, these are pragmatic rhythms (Gill…
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‘Pulse’ in music and language
In this paper, we are focusing on an analysis of time in social interaction and musical interaction…
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Scars
Time plays another role in the work, though in a less noticeable way. My work wears quickly. It…