Excitation & Resonance

In this study you will dive into the personal work of Egyptian woman composer Nahla Mattar, where a suggested path to connect the political with the musical worlds of SCARS through a social and musical adaptation of the scientific phenomena: Excitation and Resonance. The phrase "excitation & resonance" has at least three meanings in this study.The first is the scientific meaning used to describe the sonic phenomena.The second is the social metaphor that relates to the scientific meaning.The final is a suggested musical analysis of the local structural elements and the integration of different media based on these two meanings in the interactive multimedia performance: Scars.