Artist and Public in Non-representational Arts: Collaborative Aspects
Artist and Public in Non-representational Arts: Collaborative Aspects

Summary/Abstract: Arts may be representational or discursive. Representational arts need the artist until the moment they are completed, and then take on a life of their own. Representational symbols constitute an articulated reality, untranslatable and indissoluble. Discursive arts depend on written or verbal language, but may also include musical notation. There are no right or wrong ways of reading, also because reading remains a personal experience. In the case of music, the empirical player is in some ways similar to the empirical reader, but he/she also has to consider the audience who is listening and the other musicians (empirical players) playing with him/her and interpreting the same musical scores. Modifications may take place because of the typification of social relations and undergo continuous transformation. In literature this is due to the instability of reader situations, while in music it concerns two actors: the musical performer and the concert audience.

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