FACT FICTION, a new interdisciplinary research programme has been launched led by composer Alastair White. Aimed at composers, performers, scholars and practitioners seeking to develop original research through artistic practice within an international context, the programme consists of weekly online sessions which will culminate in live events at the annual contemporary music festival in Bled, Slovenia.
The programme has been developed in collaboration with Tempo: The Quarterly Review of New Music and the .abeceda Institute, and organised across three pathways: Introduction to Research, Young Researchers and the Advanced Research Group. Running weekly online throughout the year, these pathways support successive stages of development, from foundational methodologies to advanced interdisciplinary research and dissemination.
The programme culminates at Bled Contemporary Music Week in Slovenia, where participants test their work in a professional festival context. This provides a platform for laboratory experimentation and lecture presentations, ensuring research is shaped through real-world engagement. Selected outputs may be published in the Journal of New Music Research and Development, produced by infra.norma.meta Amsterdam, with further opportunities to engage with the wider discourse offered by Tempo: The Quarterly Review Of New Music.
Full details from the FACT FICTION website.
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