Gastrofonia: a new cultural horizon of music and food

IF 0.9 3区社会学 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Semiotica Pub Date : 2023-03-22 DOI:10.1515/sem-2022-0007

Raffaella Scelzi, Nicola Difino

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Abstract

Abstract The meaning of matter is determined by our interpretations. Even food has its own frequencies, which can be aligned with the specific notes of a musical scale. When presented with a dish we might ask not only “how does it taste?” but also “how does it sound?.” Gastrofonia is defined not as the musical accompaniment to a cooking demonstration, but the actual sound of it: music is made by food. Built upon an experiment initiated by John Cage to try to make music with objects, gastrofonia examines sound as a possible connection among the visual and material arts. Combining music with taste, musician Roy Paci identified a biosonic perception of food. This chapter aims to analyze the case of gastrofonia in light of the increased scientific and artistic interest in food characterizing our contemporary society, that is, an orthorexic society where food has become a specific form of language, a communicative vehicle through which we express our identity, interests, social-ethical choices, and new concepts of art. From a sociosemiotic perspective, the gastrofonic dish is an example of a textual polyphonic discourse combining different languages, related to the five senses in a performance that becomes a form of shared communication.

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美食家:音乐和食物的新文化视野

物质的意义是由我们的解释决定的。即使是食物也有自己的频率，可以与音阶的特定音符保持一致。当端上一道菜时，我们不仅会问“味道如何?”还有“听起来怎么样?”Gastrofonia的定义不是烹饪演示的音乐伴奏，而是烹饪的实际声音:音乐是由食物发出的。在约翰·凯奇(John Cage)尝试用物体制作音乐的实验基础上，gastrofonia将声音作为视觉艺术和物质艺术之间可能的联系进行了研究。音乐家Roy Paci将音乐与味觉相结合，发现了一种对食物的生物声感知。本章的目的是根据当代社会对食物的科学和艺术兴趣的增加来分析胃癖的案例，也就是说，在一个正统的社会中，食物已经成为一种特定的语言形式，一种交流工具，通过它我们表达自己的身份、兴趣、社会伦理选择和新的艺术概念。从社会符号学的角度来看，美食是一种结合不同语言的文本复调话语的例子，与表演中的五种感官相关，成为一种共享交流的形式。

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Semiotica Multiple-

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1.30

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37.50%

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期刊介绍： Semiotica, the Journal of the International Association for Semiotic Studies, founded in 1969, appears in five volumes of four issues per year, in two languages (English and French), and occasionally in German. Semiotica features articles reporting results of research in all branches of semiotic studies, in-depth reviews of selected current literature in this field, and occasional guest editorials and reports. From time to time, Special Issues, devoted to topics of particular interest, are assembled by Guest Editors. The publishers of Semiotica offer an annual prize, the Mouton d"Or, to the author of the best article each year. The article is selected by an independent international jury.