The object of performance : aural perforativity in contemporary laptop music

Caleb Stuart

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    Abstract

    The use of the laptop in performance causes various negative responses from the audience, who feel a loss of spectacle and performativity in the action. This occurs as a result of the lack of gesture and visual cues from the performer and the loss of focus from the audience, who have no visual object to ground their aural experience. A shift in focus from an understanding of the visual spectacle in performance to that of aural performativity is needed. Once this is understood, the audience can approach the performance with a shifted focus and come to new understandings of the aural object and contemporary digital audio.
    Original languageEnglish
    Number of pages8
    JournalContemporary Music Review
    Publication statusPublished - 2003

    Keywords

    • laptop computers
    • sound
    • recording and reproducing
    • digital techniques
    • performances
    • audiences

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