Mark Dyer (2021)

Ruin depiction and aesthetics are commonly explored within archaeology, literary theory and the visual arts.

Through his research, Mark will compose ‘musical ruins’ that might establish a listener experience analogous to visiting an architectural ruin.

Mark aims to achieve this by subjecting borrowed material to destructive compositional techniques, and thus explore the emotional responses inherent to ruin lust: nostalgia, alienation and hopes of restoration.

Additionally, the project will explore the various compositional techniques we might employ to disassemble a given piece of music, and the threshold at which point a degenerated piece of music becomes unrecognisable.

The project reflects a personal vision where music might contribute to ruin studies in other fields and add new perspectives on ruin fascination.