A possible inspiration for understanding the principles of general systems and their ability to self-evolve as a unity – Daniel Vlček as idea and reality.
by Anders Flodin Part 1 Interdisciplinary art is an art form where several different artistic disciplines (such as visual arts, music, dance, theater, digital media, etc.) are combined and integrated to create a new, cross-border expression, often to explore complex themes beyond a single art form, which creates unique experiences and new creative possibilities. My…
A short analysis of “The Dunes” by Per Nørgård
by Anders Flodin While I was analyzing this short piano composition by Per Nørgård, I received news that Per had passed away. His music, thoughts, ideas, which have been an unlimited sphere in which I have moved freely in all directions, will continue to exist. I feel very grateful for his friendship and as an…
The transformation and experience from idea to sounding gesture – some thoughts about the process and my meeting with Teo Chew music
by Anders Flodin Preparations Composition is as much about seeking as it is about creating, but then what? Entrances to reality, openings to the world. When I started composing my composition Le foglie verdi di salice piangente sul fiume (My translation: The green leaves of the weeping willow on the river) for the Teo Chew…
Martin Flašar: Mankind – Music – Technology
by Anders Flodin The book Mankind – Music – Technology: Technology in the Musical Thinking of the 20th and Early 21st Centuries examines the modalities of human relationships and technology as reflected in the musical thinking of the authors of art music of the 20th and early 21st centuries. The discursive and reference frame of…
Welcome speech (in Italian)
by Anders Flodin Buonasera e benvenuti a questo concerto con Emelie Sjöström e Linus Lundquist. Le radici della musica risalgono molto indietro nella storia umana e esistono da quando l’uomo è diventato umano. Non sappiamo come suonasse, ma possiamo solo indovinarlo sulla base dei ritrovamenti archeologici, ad esempio di flauti fatti di argilla o osso.…
C as in Computer and Composition
by Anders Flodin Musical composition is largely a practice-based knowledge, phronesis (Ancient Greek: φρόνησῐς, romanized: phrónēsis), which has been developed in parallel and in close collaboration with singers and instrumentalists throughout music history. What can I learn from this knowledge in a new age where technology is another dimension in the artistic work? As part…
I colori di silenzio
by Anders Flodin I colori di silenzio 1 Att göra en exakt gradering av ett ackords konsonans/dissonans och stabilitet/labilitet i förhållande till ett annat är praktiskt omöjligt. 2 What were the circumstances leading to these episodes and how did these phenomena apply to music? 3 Varierande och processuella idéer är öppna, de tillåter modifikationer, avvikelser,…
Voyage into the Golden Screen – Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
by Anders Flodin Sometimes, it is impossible to say why and how a composition works or affects me. I can listen to a piece of music that fills me with feelings and thoughts, obviously conveyed by the composition, but without being able to connect the feelings and thoughts back to it and say, for example,…
I met Walter Thompson at the zebra crossing
by Anders Flodin Three minutes and twelve seconds into PEXO (see link below), about half of the way through the movement, voices suddenly exclaim – very loudly – a short reiterated guttural phrase. It eventually turns into a unison exclamation “It’s not hard at all” with everyone in the ensemble. Walter Thompson’s art is engaging…
Understanding Noise-Pitch Continuum in Timbral Music
by Anders Flodin Introduction According to the general doctrine of music theory prevalent today there is a basic rule which reads as follows: “The musical note has four elementary properties; pitch, volume, timbre and duration.” Traditional music theory holds that these properties are valid as independent dimensions of sound perception; they are held to be…
Urban space as a resonance room – a sitespecific concert
by Anders Flodin H+ is the largest city renewal project in Helsingborg during modern times. By 2035 the old harbour- and industrial areas, around one million square meters in size, will evolve into a mixed city. The H+ area will make room for the new and existing city districts Oceanhamnen, Universitetsområdet, Husarområdet and Gåsebäck, which…
No man steps into the same river twice
by Anders Flodin Putting sound and images together into one unit has had an explosive development and led to major changes in the established art scene. Consequently, more and more young artists have chosen to express themselves through sound, music, video, digital images and animation. This text is based on a performance at the 6th…
Analysis of Turkar Gasimzada’s “There were noises and tiny bluish – yellow lights”
by Anders Flodin What follows is an analysis of There were noises and tiny bluish – yellow lights (2020) for prepared piano and midi keyboard/electronics by the Azerbaijani composer Turkar Gasimzada. This composition should not be mixed up with the composer’s previous composition with a similar title noises and tiny-bluish yellow lights (2014). Introduction Most…
Åt helvete med alla oljud
– mina minnen av Sune Smedeby (in Swedish) av Anders Flodin ”Käre Anders! Det blir inte många rader idag, eftersom jag är partiellt (men övergående) förlamad i en högerhandsnerv efter kranskärlsoperationen, som jag genomgick den 19 mars. Jo, den blev av till slut, även om jag drog mig i det längsta. Det är mer än…
What happens to the words denominations when a composer turns to composing music in a language other than his or her native language?
by Anders Flodin Language is an important part of musical composition, especially in the art of combining music and text. But what happens to the words denominations when a composer turns to composing music in a language other than his or her native language? How does the language affect the composition process? Velimir Khlebnikov was…
Numeral and Symbolic representation when coding in Estuary: Browser-based Collaborative Live Coding
by Anders Flodin Abstract. This paper focuses on the laboratory work in the art of live coding and in the use of Estuary, a browser-based collaborative projectional editing environment built on top of the TidalCycles language for the live coding of musical pattern. The paper explore the manner in which notation with numerals and symbols…
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