Published in Art, Criticism and Mysticism

Keywords: Keywords: Aesthetic experience, Artistic criticis, Artistic languages, Flexible listening, Music.

Herein we analyze some aspects of the artistic criticism and aesthetic experience, which stand out in Gerd Bornheim’s interpretations. For him, the critical disposal should follow the creative process and the expressive praxis. In this way, we will assume musical language as an inflexion point highlighting the contrast between two forms of perception: the intellectualist listening and flexible listening to the music. Such instances symbolize the buildup of an interpretative and practical boldness in which the role of sound is stressed. There are at least two plausible hypotheses in bornheimnian approach. The first one, phenomenological, handles the music as language towards a dialectic of social relations and it takes into account the historical alternations of subjectivity. The second trends to a broader analysis of artistic expressions, in which the dialogue between music, theater, poetry, cinema and art is emphasized. It is therefore important to appreciate the critical relevance of Bornheim’s work and the special place he assigns to the relationship between arts, philosophy and politics.