Remixing as a Ludus-Component of the Modern Culture

Authors

  • Kateryna PIDPORINOVA Associate Professor of the Piano Accompaniment Department, Kharkiv I. P. Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts, Ukraine. E-mail: katerynapidporinova@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2217-9286

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbmusica.2023.2.04

Keywords:

principle of remixing, modern culture, remix, play element, Homo Ludens, Homo Modernus.

Abstract

The modern development of culture motivates the appearance of new modifications of the play element, based on the concept of Homo Ludens by J. Huizinga. The article substantiates a new scientific concept – remixing as the dominant principle of the organization of artistic matter. A definition of this concept is provided. The specificity of its manifestation is thought over using examples from pop culture, academic musical art (in particular, the creativity of the pianist-composer M.-A. Hamelin, the sketch duo Igudesman & Joo, the Rondo Veneziano orchestra), authentic performance, the opera genre (productions of “Alcina” by G. Handel, “La Cenerentola” by G. Rossini), products of the TV industry. The main vectors of the remixing process are characterized in accordance with the realization of the final artistic goal. The organic nature of the interaction of play logic with the combinatorial thinking of Homo Modernus is revealed.

Author Biography

Kateryna PIDPORINOVA, Associate Professor of the Piano Accompaniment Department, Kharkiv I. P. Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts, Ukraine. E-mail: katerynapidporinova@gmail.com

Kateryna PIDPORINOVA – Ukrainian pianist, musicologist, teacher; a candidate (PhD) of Art Criticism (2008), an associate professor of the Piano Accompaniment Department (2012) of Kharkiv I. P. Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts. She has taught various disciplines, both performing and theoretical, at various departments of the university (“Piano Accompaniment’s Class”, “Methodology of Piano Playing”, “Pedagogy”, “High School Pedagogy”, “Piano Ensemble”, etc.). Creatively combines performing and scientific activities. She is the author of about 30 scientific publications. Area of professional interests: piano art in composing and performing interpretation, creative work of N. Medtner, creative work of M.-A. Hamelin, Kharkiv Art School, music pedagogy, accompanist’s specifics, philosophy of culture and art. From 2016 to 2019, she was an art criticism expert of the Expert Council of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine on the examination of projects of scientific works of young scientists. ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2217-9286

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STUDIA UBB MUSICA, Volume 68 (LXVIII), No. 2, December 2023

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2023-12-30

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PIDPORINOVA, K. (2023). Remixing as a Ludus-Component of the Modern Culture. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Musica, 68(2), 63–74. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbmusica.2023.2.04

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