experimentalism
noun
ex·per·i·men·tal·ism
ik-ˌsper-ə-ˈmen-tə-ˌli-zəm 
also -ˌspir-
: reliance on or advocacy of experimental or empirical principles and procedures
specifically
: instrumentalism
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Barron isn’t usually associated with free improv and directions explored by jazz’s 1960s avant-garde, but he’s got roots in experimentalism too.
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Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2024
In this, both composers were out of step with the high-modernist experimentalism that held sway in Europe and the U.S.
—John Adams, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
This arresting short feature, which mixes elements of film diary, experimentalism, reportage and archival assembly, stretches the documentary form in ways that are personal without being self-indulgent.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 13 Nov. 2023
Eventually, the experimentalism collapses into a straightforward pop song.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2023
At its worst, the music on Everyone’s Crushed sounds like etudes – studies in experimentalism, finger exercises for tyros in the avant-garde.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2023
Now his experimentalism and transnationalism aren’t discouragements but invitations to a larger global audience.
—Adam Bradley Tajh Rust, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023
April 28, 2023 Mark Stewart, the incendiary frontman of the British post-punk band the Pop Group, whose explosive mix of funk, noise rock, free jazz experimentalism and anti-authoritarian rage made a mockery of the group’s sunny name, died on April 21.
—Alex Williams, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
With his dark Mexican rave sound, the New York-by-way-of-Tijuana producer explores themes of power and corruption through minimal experimentalism.
—Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 21 Apr. 2023
Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2024
In this, both composers were out of step with the high-modernist experimentalism that held sway in Europe and the U.S.
—John Adams, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
This arresting short feature, which mixes elements of film diary, experimentalism, reportage and archival assembly, stretches the documentary form in ways that are personal without being self-indulgent.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 13 Nov. 2023
Eventually, the experimentalism collapses into a straightforward pop song.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2023
At its worst, the music on Everyone’s Crushed sounds like etudes – studies in experimentalism, finger exercises for tyros in the avant-garde.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2023
Now his experimentalism and transnationalism aren’t discouragements but invitations to a larger global audience.
—Adam Bradley Tajh Rust, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023
April 28, 2023 Mark Stewart, the incendiary frontman of the British post-punk band the Pop Group, whose explosive mix of funk, noise rock, free jazz experimentalism and anti-authoritarian rage made a mockery of the group’s sunny name, died on April 21.
—Alex Williams, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
With his dark Mexican rave sound, the New York-by-way-of-Tijuana producer explores themes of power and corruption through minimal experimentalism.
—Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 21 Apr. 2023
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