On the Notational Structure of Perforated Monumentalism

 

On the Notational Structure of Perforated Monumentalism

In the system known as Perforated Monumentalism, the score no longer serves as a transparent transmitter of instruction. Rather, it becomes a habitat of contradiction, a structural residue of compositional intent that must be decoded not linearly, but spatially (often archaeologically).

The page resembles an architectural section rather than a musical script: not a map of time, but a facade collapsed inward. The notational elements consisting of glyphs, beams, and articulation markings appear to have survived a seismic event. They rest out of alignment. They indicate, but do not direct. They persist, but do not clarify.

This notation does not ask to be played; it asks to be engaged. Interpretation becomes a form of construction, each performance an attempt to rebuild a fallen structure using only its shattered plans.

In this way, Perforated Monumentalism does not abolish monumentality, but reforms it through trauma making visible the fractures, the gaps, the air that passes through.