Transhumanism, renewed awareness, and new compositional approaches in multimedia music: a case of Georgian music¹.

The article deals with the relationship between Transhumanism and multimedia music. Multimedia music with breaking all stereotypes foresees the main idea of Transhumanism--transition to a new evolutionary phase. The importance of research is determined by filling the gap that exists in multimedia music research. The purpose of the study is to determine the parameters by which multimedia music corresponds to Transhumanism. The goal is related to solving the following tasks: on what processes the technological progress is based; what constitutes a renewed consciousness; what are the features of multimedia music; to determine the features of a new type of composer's thinking; In the article, there are used historical, divinatory, comparative, and critical scientific research methods. Since multimedia composition is studied for the first time in relation to Transhumanism, the method of divination research is used, which implies intuitive access to the central principle embedded in the work. The object of the article--multimedia music will be discussed in the example of Eka Chabashvili's multimedia project "Voice". Based on the set goals and objectives, the process of analysis will be conducted in two phases: to analyze technological progress and novelties, as well as the transformation of consciousness that will lead us to the next stage of evolution; and to analyze how multimedia corresponds to these processes. It is the research on these issues that constitutes the scientific novelty of the article. In the conclusions, it is emphasized that we are in an era of scientific-technological progress that leads to Transhumanism. The evolution of humanity is not only related to technological changes but also to the transformation of consciousness. Multimedia music is ideally suited to reflect these changes for the following reasons: Transhumanism is based on the idea of human evolution. Multimedia music with new compositional approaches also transforms consciousness and prepares us for a new stage of humankind's evolution in its turn; there occurs an unprecedented integration of scientific branches, and multimedia music is also a synthetic genre. Multimedia music also destroys stereotypes of compositional thinking. The recommendation is to integrate multimedia music samples into musical education and concert programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]