Falconer, Peter. 2024. Seaton Snook and the building of a parafictional seaside town. Tempo, 78(308), pp. 70-82. ISSN 0040-2982 [Article]

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What Happened to Seaton Snook? is an online archive of sounds and music dedicated to uncovering the history of an abandoned town on the coast of County Durham, UK. Run by Dr Peter Falconer, the archive contains classical pieces for piano and harpsichord, pedagogic works, folk tunes for voice and Northumbrian Smallpipes, brass band music, Krautrock, psychedelic rock, and tape pieces. There are biographies and photographs of people key to the history of the town, and interviews with experts in matters pertaining to the artefacts. But Seaton Snook, as described in the archive, is not entirely real. It is a parafictional artwork, in which real events are paired with fake artefacts, and fictional events are bolstered by genuine historical records. This article describes a methodology of parafictional art creation, and demonstrates the power of parafiction to explore real issues in a fictional setting.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0040298223000955
Additional Information:	This article has been published in a revised form in Tempo [http://doi.org/10.1017/S0040298223000955]. This version is published under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND licence. No commercial re-distribution or re-use allowed. Derivative works cannot be distributed. © The Author(s), 2024.
Keywords:	Music, Art, Parafiction, Fictive Art, Internet Art, Northumberland, County Durham, North East, Tolkien, Methodology, Composition
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Music
Dates:	Date Event 7 December 2023 Accepted 1 April 2024 Published
Item ID:	34602
Date Deposited:	08 Jan 2024 09:16
Last Modified:	03 May 2024 03:44
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/34602

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