Ekstenzije užitka

xx FOKUS NINA DRAGIČEVIĆ

Premiera zvočne instalacije, 90'

»Popolnoma transparentna zvočnost = sama definicija glasbe.«
–R. Barthes, How to live together

Nina Dragičević se z novo zvočno instalacijo Ekstenzije užitka (2019) poglobi v zmožnosti zvočnosti ne le kot načina za izražanje užitka, pač pa kot aktivnega agenta užitka. Dve telesi v stiku skozi njuno slušno izraznost, percepcijo in mediacijo zvoka. Njuni zvočni ontologiji nato zapustita zasebno, vstopita v javno in vpleteta vas, poslušalke. Komponistka iz svoje izrecne radikalno feministične perspektive vpraša: Ali je užitek resnično romantičen, senzualen, potekajoč občutek, kot je razumljen v konvencionalnem pojmovanju? Ali pa je bolj točka raztelešenja in destrukcije v najbolj konstruktivnem smislu kot tudi nosilec neubesedljivih posledic, ki izidejo natanko iz njegove zvočnosti? Ali ni v tem oziru ključno vedeti, da je komponistka užitka ženska, morda dve ženski?

Ta kompozicija postavi v ospredje zvočnost erotičnega. Proces je cirkularen in se tako upira tradicionalnim androcentričnim naracijam. Ekstenzije užitka predlagajo užitek in njegovo razširitev ad infinitum, oboje pa zahteva opustitev absolutne individualnosti in predlaga poslušanje skozi Drugo in v njej. Še več, ta način opozarja na pomembnost poslušalčevega zavedanja o svoji poziciji v patriarhalni zvočni hierarhiji. Užitek predstavi sferi umetnosti, da bi odprla možnost poglobljene in razširjene interpretacije partikularnih zvokov znanega, a nesociabilnega. Užitek ni nikakršen občutek ali dogodek, pač pa je politično stališče; je zvočna vsenavzočnost početja, ki ni delo, anti-delo je. Natanko tisto, kar si nekrofilska, mizogina, homofobna družbena struktura prizadeva utišati in transformirati v docilnost in produktivnost.

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Vstopnice: 10 / 7 €
V okviru programa Musica Femina
#HerSound // štiri zvočni dogodki: 15 €

Avtorica: Nina Dragičević; oblikovanje luči: Špela Škulj; zvočno svetovanje: Tomaž Grom; tehnično vodstvo: Martin Lovšin; producentki: Eva Prodan, Teja Reba; produkcija: Mesto žensk; koprodukcija: Bunker – Stara mestna elektrarna; sofinanciranje: Ministrstvo za kulturo, Mestna občina Ljubljana. Dogodek je del evropskega projekta sodelovanja Musica Femina International. Projekt podpira Program Ustvarjalna Evropa.

Umetnice in sodelujoče

Nina Dragičević

Video

Extensions of Pleasure

NINA DRAGIČEVIĆ

Sound installation premiere, 90'

“Absolutely transparent sonority = the very definition of music.”
–R. Barthes, How to live together

Extensions of Pleasure (2019) is a sound installation in which Dragičević deals with the possibilities of sound being not only a way of expressing pleasure, but an active agent of pleasure. Two bodies in touch through their aural expression, perception and mediation of sound. Their sonic ontologies then leave the private, enter the public and involve you, the listener. From her explicit radical feminist perspective, the composer asks: Is pleasure really a romantic, sensual feeling, as it is conventionally understood? Or is it rather a point of disembodiment and destruction in its most constructive sense, as well as a carrier of unsayable consequences which derive precisely from its audibility? In that regard, is it not crucial to know that the composer of pleasure is a woman, or perhaps even two women?

The composition posits the audible of the erotic. The hearing process is circular, thereby defying traditional androcentric narratives. Extensions of Pleasure propose pleasure and its prolongation ad infinitum, both of which requires a letting go of one’s absolute individuality and propose listening to, through and within the Other. Even more, it shows the importance of the listener’s consciousness of their position in a patriarchal sonic hierarchy. It presents pleasure to the sphere of art, thus allowing for a deepened and broadened interpretation of particular sounds of that which is known but is unsociable. Pleasure is no longer only a feeling or an event, but a political statement; it is a sonic omnipresence of a doing which is not work, it is anti-work. Precisely that which the necrophilic, misogynistic, homophobic social structure seeks to silence and transform into docility and productivity.

Author: Nina Dragičević; light design: Špela Škulj; sound advisor: Tomaž Grom; technical direction: Martin Lovšin; producers: Eva Prodan, Teja Reba; produced by: City of Women; co-produced by: / Bunker – Old Power Station; co-funded by: Ministry of Culture, City of Ljubljana. The event is part of the European cooperation project Musica Femina International. The project is supported by Creative Europe Program.