The “Metamodern” Trumpet: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Performance and Multimedia

Abstract

This essay proposes an interdisciplinary approach in performing/creating multimedia to present a thesis, commentary, or subversion—using trumpet sound in combination with critical theory. Aesthetics and philosophies from postmodernism and metamodernism serve as the main theoretical bases for the approach, as unpacked in the essay. Historical contexts of the trumpet’s development and symbolic associations are also analyzed for expressive context. Furthermore, an example of the proposed interdisciplinary approach is provided/analyzed to demonstrate one possible way in which it may be applied.