Announcing our next presenter for the Music History/Theory Workshop on a special day and at a special time–February 20 @ 5:00pm, in the library seminar room, JRL 264. Trent Leipert is a graduate student at the University of Chicago in music history and theory and will be presenting an excerpt from his dissertation, titled “A Metallurgy of Emotion; An Index of Metals.” The pre-circulated writing is available under the downloads page using the password that was circulated in via email–or, email marycaldwell@uchicago.edu or aasheehy@uchicago.edu for the password.

ABSTRACT:

This paper is an excerpt from a case-study chapter from my dissertation which explores the discursive, compositional and listening function/ing of affect and feeling in European new music since the 1970s. I examine Fausto Romitelli, Paolo Pacchini’s and Kenka Lèkovich self-described “video-opera,” An Index of Metals (2003) to argue that the distinction between indeterminate affect and knowable, localized emotion becomes especially important in experiencing this work and for recognizing its ostensibly hazy operatic allusions. An Index of Metals opens and closes with gestures of immersive transformation that rely on the capacity of affectability between image, sound and bodies. Between these bookends I examine how affect in this piece hinges on particular representations and configurations of subjecthood, capital, and media.

 

For Fausto Romitelli’s An index of metals, see  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n0_cctMleU

Those needing additional assistance to attend this event should contact one of the graduate coordinators, Mary Caldwell(marycaldwell@uchicago.edu) or August Sheehy (aasheehy@uchicago.edu)