Iterative musical collaboration as palimpsest: Suite Inversée and The Headroom Project



Crossley, Jonathan ORCID: 0000-0002-2004-2385
(2023) Iterative musical collaboration as palimpsest: Suite Inversée and The Headroom Project. In: Keep it Simple, Make it Fast! An Approach to Underground Music Scenes, 2023-7-13 - 2022-7-16, Porto, Portugal.

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Abstract

Suite inversée is a musical work, co-composed by the two authors asynchronously online by means of file transfer alone and digitally presented using a self-made web app called The Headroom Project. The Headroom Project mediates the compositional project during creation as well as allowing the listener to browse a historical thread that weaves through the developmental process: through this app, each audio file that was shared between the two composers can be heard and considered both in and out of the context of its creation. The framework of the project provided the opportunity for the authors to reflect on issues of remote digital collaboration and the palimpsest nature of a work revealed in varying stages of evolution through a novel mode of presentation. This paper discusses the mode of creation by situating it within narratives of composition and technology.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Unspecified)
Uncontrolled Keywords: collaboration, improvisation, electronic music, creative process
Divisions: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of the Arts
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 15 Jan 2024 08:47
Last Modified: 15 Jan 2024 08:47
DOI: 10.21747/9789899082298
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3177825