Open AccessConfronting a Darkening World: AMM at 50 Years—An Aesthetic Memorandum
Author(s) -
Eddie Prévost
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
critical studies in improvisation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1712-0624
DOI - 10.21083/csieci.v11i1-2.3720
Subject(s) - audience measurement , memorandum , perspective (graphical) , visual arts , reading (process) , media studies , history , memorandum of understanding , art , aesthetics , sociology , political science , law , archaeology
The origins of this piece are simple: it was meant as a note to the musicians (and perhaps the audience) taking part in a weekly London improvisation workshop I first convened in 1999. These sessions followed the principles, practices, and theoretical insights of AMM and led to a concert at the 2015 Huddersfield festival of Contemporary Music, a festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of AMM. Audience responses suggested that this piece merited a wider readership, and after reading the original draft through again, I realized that a wider historical perspective of AMM was warranted. This memorandum is my contribution to such a perspective.