The New Lexicon I.
Philosophy of Music Performance [research group]
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TOWARDS MULTIPLE PHILOSOPHIES OF PERFORMANCE
The New Lexicon seeks neither to codify an authoritative philosophy of performance nor predetermine what it must be. The field must remain responsive to practices differing in repertoire, medium, history, method, aesthetics, embodiment, and social position. Its concepts must be precise without claiming universality, revisable without losing critical force, and capable of addressing singular decisions and the structures enabling them.
The programme therefore aims to establish conditions from which multiple philosophies of performance may emerge: philosophies generated through practice, sharpened through critique, tested through dialogue, and revised through encounter. Such philosophies may disagree about the identity of the work, the authority of the score, the meaning of fidelity, the location of agency, the status of embodied knowledge, the function of liveness, or the responsibilities of performance. Their value lies not in convergence, but in clarifying what is at stake and renewing the languages through which performance understands itself.
To develop a new lexicon is to make new distinctions possible, but also to become more accountable for the distinctions already in use. It is to ask what our concepts allow us to hear, see, feel, and do; what they prevent us from recognizing; and how performance might transform the terms of its own intelligibility. The residency begins from this task and invites performers to undertake it collectively.
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MENTORS
PROGRAMME FORMAT
RESEARCH PREMISE
WHY THE NEW LEXICON?
CENTRAL QUESTIONS
WORKING METHOD
PARTICIPANT VALUE
WHO THE PROGRAMME ADDRESSES
TOWARDS MULTIPLE PHILOSOPHIES OF COMPOSITION
APPLICATION
APPLICATION FORM AND
PARTICIPATION FEES
The New Lexicon program is produced by .abeceda Institute
.abeceda [Institute for Research in Art, Critical Thought and Philosophy], a public-benefit NGO and non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing contemporary artistic practices and critical inquiry. Through its innovative programmes, .abeceda has gained international recognition as one of the leading platforms for contemporary music and artistic research in the Adriatic region and across Europe: www.abeceda.io