5500: performance, control, and politics
| Main Author: | Laurenzo, Tomas |
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| Format: | Proceeding eJournal |
| Terbitan: |
, 2016
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/1176058 |
Daftar Isi:
- In the period between June 2014 and June 2015, at least 5,500 immigrants died trying to reach Europe from Africa while crossing the Mediterranean Sea. In this paper we present 5500, a piano performance that is a part of an on-going project that investigates the incorporation of electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) into musical performances, with a particular interest in the political significance of the negotiation of control that arises. 5500 consists of a performance of Beethoven's Sonata Path\'{e}tique, where the pianist's execution is disrupted using computer-controlled electrodes which stimulate the muscles in his or her arms causing their involuntary contractions and affecting the final musical result.