The importance of action in the creative process of “A cidade e os espelhos”

Abstract

In this paper we describe the creative process of the improvised musical piece The city and the mirrors, for live electronics and electric bass, composed in 2019 by Lucas Uriarte and Lucas Quinamo. We approach the creation of the piece presenting its extramusical influences – an excerpt from the book Invisible cities by Ítalo Calvino, and concepts about games proposed by four authors – and reporting creative implementations that culminated in the structuring of an improvisational game coordinated by cards. To discuss this process, we use references about games and the concept of autopoiesis, proposed by Maturana & Varela, to enlighten the fundamental significance of action/performance throughout this creative process.