MACHETAZO: THE RABECA AND THE SHAPES OF FIRE

a rabeca e as formas do fogo

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33871/21750769.2023.17.2.8238

Keywords:

Improvisação, Música Experimental, Nelson da Rabeca, Gordon Mumma, Henry Flynt

Abstract

This essay stems from an experience of artistic practice and consequent theoretical reflection, from the encounter and use of an instrument produced by Nelson da Rabeca for free improvisation. To understand a little how a perspective that sees popular practice as having an experimental and improvisational potential in itself, of a latent formal depth, would be compared different views on the relationship between the avant-garde and the popular that developed in the cultural scene of the avant-garde post-Cage in the United States, based on two essays produced by artists: “Witchcraft, Cybersonis and Folcloric Virtuosity” by Gordon Mumma and excerpts from “The Meaning of my Avant-garde Hillibilly and Blues Musc” by Henry Flynt, to be read as equals in front of the object-thought that is Seu Nelson's fiddle. In the end, we will also discuss some elements brought by Derek Bailey about the role of the instrument-as-ally in improvisation, and the potential of the “non-idiomatic” call as an expression of a creative impulse-desire that permeates both improvisation and “do it with your own hands” of popular culture.

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Author Biography

Bruno Trochmann, UFF/ Programa de doutorado Estudos Conteporâneos das Artes

Graduated in Bachelor and Degree in Visual Arts from UNICAMP in 2012. In 2018 he defended the thesis “Drone, rock, revolution: critical theory and critical practice from Henry Flynt” in the master's program in Language, Media and Arts at PUC-Campinas under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Luisa Paraguay Donati. He is currently studying the doctoral program in Contemporary Arts Studies at the Fluminense Federal University, under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Tato Taborda, where he deepens his research on improvisation, drone and practice based on the thinking of artists such as Tony Conrad, Milford Graves and Min Tanaka.

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Published

2023-12-20

How to Cite

Trochmann, B. (2023). MACHETAZO: THE RABECA AND THE SHAPES OF FIRE: a rabeca e as formas do fogo. O Mosaico, 17(2), 112–134. https://doi.org/10.33871/21750769.2023.17.2.8238

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2023): Revista O Mosaico nº 25

Section

Dossiê Improvisação e a linha da vida

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