Scores as infrastructures

by | Nov 16, 2020 | Essays

As an undergraduate classical music student I was somewhat out of place, being a saxophonist rather than playing a properly ‘classical’ instrument. But I loved playing Bach’s partitas for solo flute, which allowed me to find resonances within the instrument that many...

From open forms to open scores

by | Nov 2, 2020 | Essays

by Fani Kostourou Richard Sennett, in his book Building and Dwelling, elaborates on ‘Five Open Forms’ that do – and should – characterise the design of cities based on people’s spatial and sensorial experiences. He argues that open forms can be characterised in five...