Voz Entrecortada

another way to think about the body in composition and performance processes

Abstract

This article relates the creation Voz Entrecortada, for flute, voice and body, a collaborative process between two artist-researchers. In a posture linked to Artistic Research, we seek to develop a methodology that rethinks the corporeal dimension in musical activity, encompassing both composition and performance and, at the same time, questioning the traditionally hierarchical relationship between composer/performer. The score was generated from materials extracted from the flutist's sound and body improvisations, taking shape in written form later. From the musical text, a narrative was developed that addresses unusual body movements and vocal sounds, thus exploring other ways of using the body as expression in performance. Voz Entrecortada brings reflections on poetic images relating voice and instrument, different ways of thinking time in creative courses, as well as crossings and mutual learnings valuing the body, its potentialities and subjectivities as an essential element in musical creation. In this way, we observe that improvisation, writing and performance intermodulate throughout the process and do not represent rigid stages, but flexible phases in interaction.