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Holzwege on Mount Fuji: a doctrine of no-aesthetics for computer and electroacoustic music

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2001

DOMINIQUE M. RICHARD
DOMINIQUE M. RICHARD
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Abstract

In German, the word Holzwege means ‘paths that lead nowhere but that are not inconsequential’. They are paths which, without a goal, facilitate the transforming experience of a journey that can gently, yet profoundly, touch our physical, emotional and intellectual self. In this paper, Holzwege is metaphor for a reflection on aesthetics and computer/electroacoustic music, a reflection that does not seek to demonstrate but to suggest. Thus, rather than considering and refining the abundance of concepts and definitions which seek to circumscribe the aesthetic characteristics of these musical idioms, this reflection goes beyond definitions to outline a path of no-aesthetics which highlights their creative potential.

Type
Research Article
Information
Organised Sound , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , December 2000 , pp. 127 - 133
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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