Project description DEENESFRITPL Musicology plays role in preservation, curation and storage EU-funded ARPOEXMUS explores the role musicology can play in ensuring the storage, preservation, management and curation of post-1960s experimental music. Music experiences in this period broadened to encompass the entire domain of sound. These shifts and the expanded apparatus of objects created the conditions for the contemporary sound arts. ARPOEXMUS addresses the theoretical, ontological, methodological and ethical issues that arise from archiving the heterogenous instruments, objects, electronic devices, software and custom-built materials that have been at the heart of sonic arts. The project will contribute new insights and initiatives for scholars, archivists and practitioners. ARPOEXMUS will consider objects as scores, instruments and sculptures and their preservation in musical archives; custom-made electronic instruments and collaborations with museums; obsolescence and digital heritage. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective ARPOEXMUS explores what role musicology can play in ensuring the storage, preservation, management and curation of post-1960s experimental music. For the first time, this project addresses the theoretical, ontological, methodological and ethical issues that arise from archiving the heterogenous instruments, objects, electronic devices, software, and custom-built materials that have been at the heart of sonic arts for the past 60 years. Drawing on a set of comparative case studies, ARPOEXMUS engages with three different paradigms: 1) objects as scores, instruments and sculptures and their preservation in musical archives; 2) custom-made electronic instruments and collaborations with science and technology museums; 3) obsolescence and digital heritage. These will be tackled using insights from contemporary musicology and archival studies that challenge the assumptions of permanence and stability upon which the ‘work concept’ is based. ARPOEXMUS uses qualitative data analysis, comparative analysis, media theory, and action-based research to explore in detail: 1) the ontologies set forth by each case study; 2) current conservation practices to archive and conserve these ontologies; 3) innovative conservation practices designed specifically for these new ontologies. Bringing together an ER whose expertise covers 1960s and ’70s experimental music and archiving, a Supervisor who is a leading voice in the process of decolonisation and diversity in music studies and a Co-Supervisor who is a leading scholar in contemporary digital musics and sound art, ARPOEXMUS will contribute new insights and initiatives for scholars, archivists, and practitioners. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencenatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesknowledge engineeringontologynatural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwarehumanitiesartsvisual artshumanitiesartsmusicology Keywords Experimental music Electronic music Music archive Music ontology Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility Topic(s) MSCA-IF-2020 - Individual Fellowships Call for proposal H2020-MSCA-IF-2020 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF) Coordinator THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM Net EU contribution € 276 498,24 Address Edgbaston B15 2TT Birmingham United Kingdom See on map Region West Midlands (England) West Midlands Birmingham Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 276 498,24 Partners (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all Partner Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement. CARLETON UNIVERSITY Canada Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address COLONEL BY DRIVE 1125 /510E TORY BUILDING K1S 5B6 Ottawa See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 164 031,36
