The New Lexicon I.
Philosophy of Music Technology [research group]
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TOWARDS MULTIPLE PHILOSOPHIES OF MUSIC RESEARCH
The New Lexicon seeks neither to codify a single authoritative philosophy of music technology nor to determine in advance what such a philosophy must be. A field concerned with musical technologies must remain responsive to practices that differ in medium, history, method, scale, cultural location, and social consequence. Its concepts must be precise without pretending to universality, open to revision without losing critical force, and capable of addressing both the singularity of technical decisions and the structures within which those decisions become possible.
The programme therefore aims to establish conditions from which multiple philosophies of music technology may emerge: philosophies generated through practice, sharpened through critique, tested through dialogue, and revised through encounter. Such philosophies may disagree about the nature of an instrument, the location of agency, the status of data, the value of automation, the meaning of access, or the responsibilities of innovation. Their value will not lie in convergence, but in their capacity to clarify what is at stake and to renew the languages through which musical technologies understand themselves.
To develop a new lexicon is to make new distinctions possible, but also to become more accountable for the distinctions already in use. It is to ask what our concepts allow us to build, hear, preserve, and imagine; what they prevent us from recognizing; and how artistic practice might transform the terms of technological intelligibility. The residency begins from this task and invites participants to undertake it collectively.
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The New Lexicon program is produced by .abeceda Institute
.abeceda [Institute for Research in Art, Critical Thought and Philosophy], a public-benefit NGO and non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing contemporary artistic practices and critical inquiry. Through its innovative programmes, .abeceda has gained international recognition as one of the leading platforms for contemporary music and artistic research in the Adriatic region and across Europe: www.abeceda.io