Borders
In today's cultural and political discourse, border has become a multi-layered, semantically oscillating and emotionally charged term that is becoming increasingly controversial. This applies to political borders, where attempts to change them lead to cruel wars, as well as cultural borders, which are being drawn ever more sharply in the wake of new identity politics. It is often difficult to distinguish whether crossing borders and border permeability represent a genuine interest in foreign cultures or cultural appropriation. Increasingly permeable and vulnerable personal boundaries are also a central aspect: torn between physical, emotional, mental, temporal and financial boundaries, individuals often feel lost and refrain from communication altogether.
Individual, personal ‘border politics’ move between two extremes: borderline personality disorder on the one hand, and emancipatory possibilities for overcoming and transgressing identity-restricting isolation on the other. Musically relevant are also the boundaries of perception: boundaries of audibility, pain thresholds of volume, etc. Emotional and political aspects of boundaries (‘boundless’ love, “limited” access to information, social groups, cultural elites or counter-elites, ‘boundaries’ of expression) are also aspects that find their specific meaning and means of expression in musical practice.
Boundaries and the options for overcoming and dissolving them are examined in Trio Generator's new project.
Supported by Initiative Neue Musik Berlin e.V.
Trio Generator is part of the ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE program of the Acker Stadt Palast Berlin.