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Eternal Return

by Bernhard Living

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Composition 2020.03 (Untitled) 25:36
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Composition 2020.05 (Untitled) 25:36
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Composition 2021.05 (Untitled) 25:36

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Composition 2020.03 (Untitled) consists of a continuous drone and repeating fading sounds - and is based on a three-note tone-cell of C3 - C4 - C#4.

Composition 2021.05 (Untitled) is based on the twenty-four-note tone-row from Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Klang series of compositions (2005-2007). This is the tone row: E2 - C2 - F2 - D3 - C#3 - D#3 - A3 - G3 - G#3 - B2 - F#3 - A#2 - D#2 - C#2 - D2 - F3 - C3 - E3 - A#3 - F#3 - B3 - G#2 - G2 - A2.

Composition 2020.05 (Untitled) is based on orchestra chords from Edgar Varèse’s composition Déserts (1950-1954). According to Varèse - the title of his composition regards ‘not only physical deserts of sand, sea, mountains, snow, outer space and deserted city streets - but also distant inner space - where man is alone in a world of mystery and essential solitude.’ Composition 2020.05 (Untitled) was premiered at Corpora Aliena - IKLECTIK [off-site] - 23.09.2020.

The "eternal return" (or "eternal recurrence") is a concept found in various philosophical - religious - and metaphysical traditions throughout history. At its core - the idea posits that the universe and all events within it are perpetually recurring in an infinite cycle. This means that everything we do - every event that occurs - has happened before and will happen again an infinite number of times.

The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche is often associated with the concept in Western thought. For Nietzsche - the idea of the eternal return was both a thought experiment and a kind of existential challenge. He proposed the idea that if one were told that every action - no matter how significant or trivial - would be repeated infinitely in the exact same way - how would one live? Would one be crushed by the weight of such a revelation - or would one affirm life in spite of it? For Nietzsche, affirming the eternal return was akin to affirming life in its entirety - with all its joys and sufferings.

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released September 10, 2023

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