Poltergeist

Study concerning the Push-and-Pull Between Project and Material, Memory and Forgetfulness, Vision and Hearing in the compositional process

Abstract

This text undertakes an investigation of the work "Poltergeist" by (XXXXX), intended for performance on solo flute, proposing an analysis of the intersection between conceptual conceptions and their interactions with the inherent materiality in the compositional process. Equally important is the emphasis placed on collaborative rehearsals with performer Vanessa Maria André, whose contribution is essential in shaping the piece's tessitura. In this context, the notion of "image" assumes an intermediary role, permeating the poles of ideas and materials that traverse the compositional fabric. The concepts of "involución" by Dufourt, as well as the strategies of repetition and variation inherent in the artistic corpus of painter Alfredo Volpi, revered as both a sonic and visual reference, are highlighted. The approach aspires to the emancipation of the graphic space in musical notation, based on a parallel centralization of sound materiality, which prevails over higher-level abstract categories. In parallel, these paradigmatic changes are equated with pictorial modernism, under the prism of Greenberg's conceptions, who emphasized planarity and pictorial materials as inherent elements of artistic creation. The reflection culminates with the exploration of the concept of anamorphosis, engendering an illustration of the mutability of perception mediated by remembrance, especially in the context of a portrayed object, whose fabric becomes entwined in a multiplicity of combinations and permutations of musical parameters, giving "Poltergeist" a continuous variability of the musical motif. The assertive influence of Volpi's strategies in the crystallization of the work is emphasized, congruent with the exhaustive reflection on "pre-audibility" signaled by Grisey, at an intersection with the emancipation of the graphic space, aspects that intertwine throughout the entire undertaken investigation.