Open AccessCapturing Ephemerality: George Brecht’s For a Drummer from the Perspective of a Performer
Author(s) -
Mika Olchowik
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
kwartalnik młodych muzykologów uj
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2956-4107
pISSN - 2353-7094
DOI - 10.4467/23537094kmmuj.20.031.13904
Subject(s) - drummer , performing arts , persona , perspective (graphical) , reading (process) , george (robot) , visual arts , art , art history , aesthetics , history , philosophy , humanities , linguistics , archaeology , drum
The main purpose of the article is to present an individual approach of analysing and reperforming For a Drummer by George Brecht, a legendary composer and a member of Fluxus. The text is divided into several parts. The first half of the article is dedicated to the history and definition of performance art, the second one focuses on a performer persona and their artistic abilities. The latter leads to an actual analysis of a creative process, starting with a short biographical background of Brecht, followed by reading and understanding of the event score with a culmination found in the author’s re-performance.