Powers of Divergence

Lucia D’Errico is a musician and artistic researcher. She is research fellow at the Orpheus Institute Ghent.

“An original and valuable contribution to the field of artistic research, integrating theory and practice and charting a clear pathway through the work of a great number of artists, philosophers, and composers by way of philosophy, art and media theory, semiotics, and musical composition.” - Edward Campbell

• Erratum: Table of contentsIn the table of contents of the printed books the description of Book I, Book II and Book III is incorrect. This information is correct in the table of contents below and in the PDF version of the book.PrefaceAcknowledgments Specific Terminology Introduction BOOK I Description of the Practice The Problem of Resemblance Beyond Improvisation A Series of Anamorphic Glances On Methodology Phonographic Writing The Phantasmic Image of the Musical Work The Vectors of the Body The Musical Work as a “Manifold” A Peripheral Instrument Modes of Exposition BOOK II Derivatives Derivative I: On Three Different (Musical) Eyes Derivative II: The Phonocentric Vision of Music Derivative III: An Eye That Sees Itself Derivative IV: The Joyous Power of Simulacra Derivative V: How to Defy Perspective through Perspective Derivative VI: Automaton Derivative VII: How to Produce a Phantasm? Part I: Gian Lorenzo Bernini Derivative VIII: How to Produce a Phantasm? Part II: Francis Bacon Derivative IX: How to Produce a Phantasm? Part III: Salvatore Sciarrino Derivative X: How to Produce a Phantasm? Part IV: Carmelo Bene BOOK III Five Glances upon the Unspeakable Body Appendix 1: Techniques of Minoration Appendix 2: List of Musical Examples Closing Remarks References Biographical Note