Abstract
Representations of musical phenomena in contemporary production include extremely various and apparently non-homogeneous expressive fields: forms, contents and styles increase and blend together; they stop having their connotative function and situate themselves at a level of description which, from a systemic point of view, could be defined as meta-structural. In fact, the creative production moves towards syncretism: sound, image, environment and language are equal and interactive parts of a synaesthetic process of which it is possible to trace creation and enjoyment in the same role of observer. Modern technologies provide sophisticated and powerful instruments which enable a highly refined manipulation of the sound and multimedia material. Today, a creative person has almost unlimited resources but, mainly due to a tension aiming at mass communication, there is the risk of becoming a mere repetition of established patterns with formulas that are not always captivating. A systemic approach towards multimedia project and sound design, restores the identity to the creative process, allows to identify interactions and network connections among elements and systems of elements according to a non-linear, open, non-deterministic and non-finalist model; yet, it is incredibly effective since the representation of coherences, defining the artistic product, is also the representation of shared thinking and beauty.
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Munari (1997, p. 71).
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Pietrocini, E., Lopa, M. (2019). Music: Creativity and New Technologies. A Systemic Approach Towards Multimedia Project and Sound Design. In: Minati, G., Abram, M., Pessa, E. (eds) Systemics of Incompleteness and Quasi-Systems. Contemporary Systems Thinking. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15277-2_7
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