Loosening the saxophone: entanglements of bodies in the politics of free improvisation
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Nelson, Peter
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Fusco, Maria
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Krekels, Tina
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2019-08-09T10:45:12Z
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2019-08-09T10:45:12Z
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2019-07-04
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Loosening The Saxophone. Entanglement of Bodies in the Politics of Free Improvisation
follows the works and practices of women, spit and non/human bodies within
political spaces of free improvisation. This practice-led research establishes an entangled
research method, in writing and practice. It develops a method of story
writing focussing on an entanglement between socio-political free improvisation performances,
my own practical development with the saxophone and a feminist writing
approach giving accounts of female, liquid spaces. The touchings of my tongue, spit
and hands on the saxophone’s body are explored allowing an entangled relationship
between performer and instrument that might challenge masculine performance
spaces.
The masculine space in this thesis is defined as one that establishes hierarchical
structures of performance approaches in free improvisation. A technofeminist critique
is used to challenge these dichotomous ideas by working through scholarly
case-studies and my own playing. The female critique used here is that of loosening
body boundaries through enactive relationships. My feminist improvisation
uses this loose and liquid approach by establishing different playing and preparation
techniques of the saxophone. It is through touch that our bodies materialise into a
momentary performance.
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http://hdl.handle.net/1842/36022
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The University of Edinburgh
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Krekels, Tina. “ ‘Popular’ Feminism, Pharmacopornography and Media Strategies: Some Initial Thoughts.” In: MAI: Feminism & Visual Culture. Online. 1 (2018). [Last accessed 9-07-2018] Available at: https://bit.ly/2N1ELLg
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Krekels, Tina. “Spit Saxophone Spit.” In: Riffs: Ideas of Noise. Volume 3, Issue 1 (April 2019). [Last accessed 30-04-2019] Available at: https://tinyurl.com/yycobbh5
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free improvisation
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practice-led research
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saxophone
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technofeminist critique
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Loosening the saxophone: entanglements of bodies in the politics of free improvisation
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Thesis or Dissertation
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Doctoral
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PhD Doctor of Philosophy
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