A “Hidden Centre”: Crossing cultural boundaries and ecstatic transformation

Authors

Liza Lim

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publisher

Edith Cowan University

Comments

Refereed paper from the Inaugural Totally Huge New Music Festival

Abstract

The following is an edited version of Liza Lim's keynote lecture presented for the Inaugural Totally Huge New Music Festival Conference (Perth: 8 Oct. 2005). It examines cross-cultural aesthetics and ethical questions arising from non-Indigenous Australian composers interacting with Australian Indigenous cultures. The paper begins in a formal and framed way and then moves towards more personal and speculative comments.