Pilgrim Carnival

This thesis explores an experimental music approach to writing autobiography. As a composition, Pilgrim Carnival took place as a travelling series of events. The central event was a sound installation for a blindfolded audience. This essay is a description of that series of events as well as a discussion of similar precedents in interdisciplinary art. Beginning with Luigi Russolo and Marcel Duchamp, aspects of autobiography are examined in both noise music and the concept of the ready-made artwork. Body Art of the 1970s, particularly the work of Marina Abramovic, is also tied into the idea of the ready-made artwork as an explicitly autobiographical example. The hybrid form of Pilgrim Carnival and the concept of ready-made autobiographical music create ongoing potential for new work.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2002

Author dc:creator

• House, Kayli

Contributors dc:contributor

• Winsor, Phil, 1938-2012
• Levin, Ben
• Klein, Joseph, 1962-

• Performance art.
• Aleatory music.
• Body art.
• Electronic music.
• Russolo, Luigi.
• Abramovic, Marina.
• performance art
• acousmatic music
• sound installation
• event score
• autobiographical art/music

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• House, Kayli
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 50852630
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OAI identifier oai:identifier

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