AUGMENTED SONIC REALITY: Underneath for hyperorgan by Jasna Veličković

Ivana Miladinović Prica

Ivana Miladinović Prica University of Arts in Belgrade, Faculty of Music, Department for Musicology

Keywords: Jasna Veličković, hyperorgan, Orgelpark, experiment, electromagnetic fields

Abstract

Underneath, a piece for hyperorgan by Jasna Veličković was commisioned by Orgelpart in Amsterdam, for a project dedicated to the modern organ, which essentially incorporates new scientific and technological achievements. In this work, Veličković found a way to continue her “open project” based on conducting experiments in acoustic technology and amplifying electromagnetic fields. She introduced the technological into the tradition of organ music by using coils to test the construction of the instrument, by teasing out the invisible possibilities of the organ’s sound space, and by amplifying electromagnetic waves. The composer establishes an augmented reality and points to the expansion of sound and its presence where it remains outside of what our hearing can encompass.

Author Biography

Ivana Miladinović Prica, University of Arts in Belgrade, Faculty of Music, Department for Musicology

Ivana Miladinović Prica, PhD, musicologist, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Music, University of Arts in Belgrade, and head of the Department of Musicology’s Counsel. She is also the secretary of the International Journal of Music New Sound. Her research is in the area of contemporary music, with special emphasis on neo-avant-garde and experimental practices in American, European, and Serbian music.