Imam Collective: Exploration of creative practices through the lens of a collective

Imam Collective: Exploration of creative practices through the lens of a collective

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Abstract

My culminating experience is about the exploration of creative practices from the lens of a collective, not the individual. Music has always been a form of sharing, creating and expressing myself with and among people. This year, I explored some of the different roles I take up within the collective, and how members of the collective respond to that. I achieved this by partaking in music composition, arranging and recording of seven pieces throughout the year. Four of the pieces are original compositions that saw varying degrees of arrangement and compositional material from myself. Three of them are traditional folk pieces from North Africa and Scotland that saw the collective act as a creative process and instrument of itself, exerting creative control over the process of arranging and recording. Per reflection, I learned what processes are most effective in executing my vision and when to exert control versus let the collective take creative control. Most importantly, I learned to celebrate the coming together of individuals from multicultural backgrounds to create, share and express themselves through the shared values of trust and acknowledgement.

Publication Date

7-1-2023

Campus

Valencia (Spain) Campus

Keywords

Imam Collective, Multicultural, Creative practice

Imam Collective: Exploration of creative practices through the lens of a collective

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