The blindness paradigm

The visibility and invisibility of the body

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ID14809529
AuthorsPaulo C Chagas (0000-0003-1706-5508, University of California, Riverside, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume25
Issue1-2
Pages119-130
Publication date2006-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueContemporary Music Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0749-4467 • E-ISSN: 1477-2256
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07494460600647543
OpenAlexW1988712659
LanguageEN
References cited22

This article focuses on the theoretic issues of the collaborative project Canç[otilde]es dos Olhos (Paulo C. Chagas composition, Johannes Birringer choreography and video, Veronica Endo dance) in the realm of the Interaktionslabor, a laboratory for interactive media, sound, design, digital video, telecommunications and performance on the site of the former coal mine in Göttelborn, Germany. The work, inspired by the novel Blindness by José Saramago, explores the cognitive and aesthetic dimensions of blindness in terms of embodiment experience. The project was conceived as an ‘intermedia’ song cycle resulting in a DVD and an audiovisual installation. Compositional elements include voice (soprano), processed voice, dance and digital film. Based on the experience of Canç[otilde]es dos Olhos, this article addresses questions of both the visibility and invisibility of the body in the autopoietic process of generating electroacoustic and digital music, and reflects on the relationship between technology and embodied human interaction in artistic collaboration

Aesthetics · Art · Blindness · Choreography · Dance · Embodied cognition · Gesture · Invisibility · Multimedia · Realm · Sociology · Visual arts · Computer Science · Cybernetics and Technology in Society · Embodied and Extended Cognition · History · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction

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