"Being" a Stickist: A Phenomenological Consideration of "Dwelling" in a Virtual Music Scene
Description:
Musical instruments are not static, unchanging objects. They are, instead, things that materially evolve in symmetry with human practices. Alterations to an instrument's design often attend to its ergonomic or expressive capacity, but sometimes an innovator causes an entirely new instrument to arise. One such instrument is the Chapman Stick. This instrument's history is closely intertwined with global currents that have evolved into virtual, online scenes. Virtuality obfuscates embodiment, but …
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Date:
May 2010
Creator:
Hodges, Jeff
Partner:
UNT Libraries