2. Experimentation in Bologna (21-22 May 1973)
[A1221] May 21, morning. Denominational school in the suburbs. Great unadorned environment (gym, dining hall?) 40-50 boys (males) of sixth grade, about 30 Master Gardener students, small group (10-15) of middle school teachers. Meeting turbulent impossibility of obtaining the silence and the attention of kids (likely reasons: lack of authority of the teacher-performer on the trumpet too inclined to play his instrument-, social inhibitions, sense of ridicule, fear of being caught in lap too many participants and excessive size of the room; misunderstanding: music = waste of time = din, latent in Italy already in the class teacher). Experiments: collective invention of sounds and sound behavior (poor performance); years of crescendo and diminuendo, directed in turn by the participants (Poor performance due to noise); opposition groups, each with its own sound (poor performance, even for the timidity of 'directors'), attempt to re-contextualization of a melodic song known (abbreviation Eurovision, sung to 'unison with the trumpet) pretends to be a duality of performers and audience, applauding it or disapprobative, with feedback on the performers, who change their intervention (results not much better, perhaps for the obvious dramatization of the events). Discussion on experiments carried out: pretty generic, denoting interest, curiosity, mistrust and misunderstanding but also, research into the causes of limited success, whilst waiting for further tests. Boys partly amused, partly suspicious, some very bored. Upon leaving, we welcome the silence of the churchyard in front of the building.
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