Through the knot. Material, gesture and notation in musical creation

Authors

  • Luis Menacho National University of La Plata

Keywords:

composition, interpretation, Psichoanalysis, Sonorous material, Musical discurse

Abstract

The discovery of the Unconscious by Sigmund Freud constituted a narcissistic wound in culture by radically questioning the place of the subject in the world. This wound was subjected to numerous asepsis in order to neutralize its implications. Jacques Lacan's re-reading of Freudian prose elaborated its underlying logic by defining the unconscious as "the effect of the Signifier" and "structured as a language". Today, it is still a matter of understanding and following the epistemological consequences traced by both authors. Assuming the status of the subject of the unconscious, we will try to apply a set of concepts in the reflection on musical creation. To bring to the theory of the artistic practice a cross between Psychoanalysis and music -delineating from the Lacanian topology- to deploy the components that are involved in the creation and the scopes that they project in their praxis.

Author Biography

Luis Menacho, National University of La Plata

Compositor, pianista y director musical. Estudió piano con Haydée Schvartz y Composición en la Facultad de Artes de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP). Estudió con Gerardo Gandini becado por la Editorial Melos y en la Diplomatura en Composición para escena en la Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM). Ha asistido a numerosos seminarios y masterclasses. Es Doctor en Artes por la UNLP dirigido por Mariano Etkin. Fue premiado por el Fondo Nacional de las Artes e Ibermúsicas. Es Profesor investigador y titular de composición I en la Facultad de Artes de la UNLP. En la actualidad su investigación se centra en el cruce entre Arte y Psicoanálisis con foco en la composición experimental contemporánea. 

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Published

2023-12-31

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 2 (2023): Revista Argentina de Musicología. Dossier: Other histories. New historical approaches in ethnomusicology

Section

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