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In Environments: The convergence and divergence of practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 December 2017

Teresa Connors  and
Andrew Denton
Teresa Connors*
Affiliation:
International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation, School of Music, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Andrew Denton*
Affiliation:
Auckland University of Technology, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142New Zealand
*
*Emails: divatproductions@gmail.com; adenton@aut.ac.nz
*Emails: divatproductions@gmail.com; adenton@aut.ac.nz
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Abstract

This article explores our audiovisual collaborative outputs and the methods employed to negotiate converging and diverging creative directions in the production of artistic works, in the context of philosophies that influence our thinking-making processes, as well the engagement with new modes of artistic practice. A key feature connecting our collaborations is site-specific field recordings of audio and visual materials. Our work has spanned Canada, the United States and New Zealand, producing a catalogue of works that are intrinsically linked to geographic and everyday phenomena. To support our discussion of the creative process, we critique one recent work, Aspects of Trees (2013, 2015), as a case study that synthesises concerns associated with collaboration, while also illustrating the recent sharp turn in our individual practices. The outcome is a reorientation of our thinking-making procedures, including ideas of subjective experiences of time, place and the agency of human and non-human bodies.

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Organised Sound , Volume 23 , Special Issue 1: Context-based Composition , April 2018 , pp. 29 - 38
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