Abstract
How we need music has been made profoundly clear over these last months. Balcony concerts, online lessons and home recordings prove that what is essential, adapts to survive. Despite cancelled concerts confronting a sense of purpose and capacity to earn an income for many musicians, there is also a by-product of ‘dystopia to utopia’; a chance for a complete reset. Performing musicians exiled from concert halls due to social distancing policies have been forced to find new performance spaces that defy the corona crisis. Consequently, the 1:1 CONCERTS© have been created, inspired by the work of performance artist Marina Abramović ’s "Listening differently"; one musician, 1 listener at a 2 metre distance experiencing a 10 min. non-verbal 1-to-1-encounter. The Australian bush, goat’s stable and an airport have become 2020’s new concert halls.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 116-116 |
| Journal | Australian Music at Home and Abroad: 43rd Annual Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia |
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| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
| Event | 43rd Annual Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia (MSA) - Melbourne, Australia, Australia Duration: 1 Jan 2020 → … https://msa.org.au/conferences/musicological-society-of-australias-43rd-annual-national-conference/ |