The Significance of Improvisation in the Age of Technology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12643200 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sam Mcauliffe (0000-0003-2592-8844, Monash University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 352-366 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Horizons (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1440-9917 • E-ISSN: 1568-5160 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14409917.2020.1835042 |
| OpenAlex | W3095918881 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 8 |
While there is a sense in which technological advancements enhance our experience of the world, there is also a sense in which technology obscures the world. One such instance of technology’s ability to (potentially) obscure the world is the way in which makes works of art (I focus on music) so readily accessible. While in many ways the accessibility and democratisation of music offered by digital streaming, for example, is seen to be convenient, we may also notice how this accessibility can efface the significance of the musical work – works that were once only encountered in the concert hall as “works of art” now also function as background music while we drive our cars, or do the dishes, for instance. In this paper, I argue that improvisation, such as that which is demonstrated by improvising musicians, offers us a “way in” to (re)experience music as works of art, qua art, in the age of technology
Aesthetics · Art · Democracy · Democratization · Focus (optics · Function (biology · Improvisation · Music education · Music industry · Musical · Notice · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Visual arts · Cybernetics and Technology in Society · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction · Law · Music Technology and Sound Studies
| Citations per year | 1.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |