Music and the nonhuman: an approach to contemporary interpretation of sound informed by Japanese aesthetics
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23K00215
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 01070:Theory of art practice-related
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| Research Institution | Kyushu University |
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Principal Investigator |
Jamieson Daryl 九州大学, 芸術工学研究院, 助教 (90874470)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2023-04-01 – 2026-03-31
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| Project Status |
Granted (Fiscal Year 2023)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2025: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
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| Keywords | 現代音楽 / 音楽解釈 / 美学 / 京都学派 / 近藤譲 / フィールドレコーディング / ピアノ / contemporary music / aesthetics of music / Konparu Zenchiku / non-human art / Kyoto School |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
What role can music play as the environment collapses? Encompassing both contemporary heterodox music and pre-capitalist Japanese aesthetics, this project explores a radically experimental approach to creating a place where the dialogue between humans and nonhumans can be radically reimagined.
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
I gave a paper at the International Society of East Asian Philosophy in Edinburgh (September). I was asked to co-edit the conference proceedings of the latter. I also contributed two essays to the handbook 'No for contemporary composers', and published an essay on Japanese philosophy in new music, and an interview with Jo Kondo in the Swedish journal 'Nutida Musik'.
In Artistic Practice, I wrote and premiered a 75-minute piece for piano and interactive audio/video called 'Goto: Archipelago'. I also recorded, directed, and edited an audio video installation version of my 2021 piece 'Descants 2: for the trees'. A 6-channel audio installation was installed in Koishikawa Botanical Gardens. A 15-min piano solo written.
3 lecture concerts were held at Kyudai, and 2 in Iceland.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
1: Research has progressed more than it was originally planned.
Reason
I made more progress on the text-based research than expected. My two international papers were very well-received, by artists and philosophers.
Lecture concerts in Goto, Kyudai, and Iceland were also well-attended and very positive.
Despite some health problems in October-January, I persevered and was able to do a lot of reading in that time, developing my ideas. Artistic output stalled during this period but I was able to write a long piano piece in February and March.
Collaborative work on Zenchiku with University of Glasgow Theatre director Graham Eatough and Dutch artist Miek Zwamborn continued to progress, with both of them coming to Fukuoka in February for meetings and joint lectures.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
I have five papers I plan to deliver at international conferences this year (two online and three in person), with three already accepted.
Several of the artistic works developed last year will go into production. the piano piece will be premiered and 4 or 5 CDs released, as well as the installation works will be shown in London.
Plans are less clear about lecture concerts in Kyudai, but there will be at least two (one per semester).
Based on the research and practice-as-research conducted last year and the abstracts and papers being prepared for conferences this year (AY2024), I will write and submit a book proposal to Bloomsbury (and then Routledge if the former is unsuccessful) within the first half of AY2024.
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