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ALVINALVINALVINALVINALVINALVINALVINALVIN: Reflections and Refractions Around the Work of Alvin Lucier
A presentation by ZHDK Zurich University of Arts, matralab, Hexagram Network, Le PARC and Milieux The event opened with the Hexagram Distinguished Speaker Series featuring Prof. Dieter Mersch (ZHDK Zurich) on ART AND NON-PROPOSITIONAL THINKING. The concept of artistic research has sparked a lot of controversy over the last two decades, and it still is a matter of some dispute. Although the term ‘research’ pertaining to art does not provoke any more, it seems to be still unclear how this term should be understood in relation to science. If we ,however, look at the epistemological impact of art, it seems strange that artistic research should be controversial at all: the affiliation between art and sensual knowledge is as old as the concept of aesthetic itself, when it was coined by Alexander Baumgarten in the 18th century. Georg Friedrich Hegel, Theodor W. Adorno, or Martin Heidegger, to name but a few, asserted a strong interconnection between Art and Truth. Even Maurice Merleau-Ponty considered Paul Cézanne's painting to be a kind of “research”, and thought that painters were engaged in a kind of “mute ‘thinking’”. The question of the precise relationship between art, knowledge and truth, however, has not yet been sufficiently answered. Neither is the question of what artistic thinking really is: either the artistic concept of truth remains unclear - or we do not understand how notions such as truth or thinking might be at all applicable to art practices. The lecture tries to answer these questions in a new way, by investigating in which sense art in itself carries epistemological meaning or serves as a medium for a type of cognition that cannot be expressed otherwise.
The Ever Present Orchestra is dedicated to the presentation of the exceptional work of Alvin Lucier. The orchestra attempts to make Lucier’s beating-pattern-focused instrumental music approachable to a wide audience with its uncommon instrumentation of four electric guitars, three saxophones, four violins and piano. Along with classical musicians, the presence of prominent Lucier interpreters such as Stephen O’Malley and Oren Ambarchi, allows for the ensemble to appeal to a wider audience than the conventional contemporary music scene.
The Orchestra was founded by Bernhard Rietbrock during the 85th Birthday Festival of Alvin Lucier at the Zurich University of the Arts. It was named after Lucier’s composition ‘Ever Present’ (2002). Its unusual instrumentation came about as a result of the adaption for electric guitars of the Lucier piece Hannover (2015). Alvin Lucier kindly supports this initative, was involved in the naming of the Ever Present Orchestra, and has recently composed a new piece for the ensemble titled “Semcircle” (2017).
A presentation by ZHDK Zurich University of Arts, matralab, Hexagram Network, Le PARC and Milieux The event opened with the Hexagram Distinguished Speaker Series featuring Prof. Dieter Mersch (ZHDK Zurich) on ART AND NON-PROPOSITIONAL THINKING. The concept of artistic research has sparked a lot of controversy over the last two decades, and it still is a matter of some dispute. Although the term ‘research’ pertaining to art does not provoke any more, it seems to be still unclear how this term should be understood in relation to science. If we ,however, look at the epistemological impact of art, it seems strange that artistic research should be controversial at all: the affiliation between art and sensual knowledge is as old as the concept of aesthetic itself, when it was coined by Alexander Baumgarten in the 18th century. Georg Friedrich Hegel, Theodor W. Adorno, or Martin Heidegger, to name but a few, asserted a strong interconnection between Art and Truth. Even Maurice Merleau-Ponty considered Paul Cézanne's painting to be a kind of “research”, and thought that painters were engaged in a kind of “mute ‘thinking’”. The question of the precise relationship between art, knowledge and truth, however, has not yet been sufficiently answered. Neither is the question of what artistic thinking really is: either the artistic concept of truth remains unclear - or we do not understand how notions such as truth or thinking might be at all applicable to art practices. The lecture tries to answer these questions in a new way, by investigating in which sense art in itself carries epistemological meaning or serves as a medium for a type of cognition that cannot be expressed otherwise.
The Ever Present Orchestra is dedicated to the presentation of the exceptional work of Alvin Lucier. The orchestra attempts to make Lucier’s beating-pattern-focused instrumental music approachable to a wide audience with its uncommon instrumentation of four electric guitars, three saxophones, four violins and piano. Along with classical musicians, the presence of prominent Lucier interpreters such as Stephen O’Malley and Oren Ambarchi, allows for the ensemble to appeal to a wider audience than the conventional contemporary music scene.
The Orchestra was founded by Bernhard Rietbrock during the 85th Birthday Festival of Alvin Lucier at the Zurich University of the Arts. It was named after Lucier’s composition ‘Ever Present’ (2002). Its unusual instrumentation came about as a result of the adaption for electric guitars of the Lucier piece Hannover (2015). Alvin Lucier kindly supports this initative, was involved in the naming of the Ever Present Orchestra, and has recently composed a new piece for the ensemble titled “Semcircle” (2017).
Focus on Dance Research
How does research manifest in and through dance, at the university and onstage? "Focus on Dance Research" is a three-day gathering that brings together dance artists, scholars and pedagogues to trouble the categories of artist/scholar; and consider overlaps and omissions in the distinctive modes of dance practice and theorization happening at the university and in live performance contexts today. It is part of Performance, Scholarship, Presence, a SSHRC-funded, year-long series of events focused on critical dance studies in Montreal. Hosted at Concordia University, and capitalizing on the critical mass of dance researchers in Montreal, the series aims to connect artists, scholars and publics engaged with the social and political contexts and histories of dance to foster dialogue, create community and imagine futures.
How does research manifest in and through dance, at the university and onstage? "Focus on Dance Research" is a three-day gathering that brings together dance artists, scholars and pedagogues to trouble the categories of artist/scholar; and consider overlaps and omissions in the distinctive modes of dance practice and theorization happening at the university and in live performance contexts today. It is part of Performance, Scholarship, Presence, a SSHRC-funded, year-long series of events focused on critical dance studies in Montreal. Hosted at Concordia University, and capitalizing on the critical mass of dance researchers in Montreal, the series aims to connect artists, scholars and publics engaged with the social and political contexts and histories of dance to foster dialogue, create community and imagine futures.
Leonardo 50th Anniversary Celebration
Co-chaired by Nina Czegledy (Leonardo), Bart Simon and Ricardo Dal Farra (Milieux) and Gisèle Trudel (Hexagram).
The Leonardo 50th Celebration in Montréal is a collaboration between Milieux Institute and Hexagram.
Distinguished speaker, artist and professor Christa Sommerer (University of Art and Design, Linz, Austria) opens the event on the topic of art, artificial intelligence and education, to be followed by an open public discussion.
The event continues with a round table discussion, with the participation of Roger Malina (Executive Editor of Leonardo Publications, Professor at UT Dallas), Louise Poissant (Scientific Director, Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture - FRQSC) and Sofian Audry (artist, Perte de Signal member, Concordia Ph. D. graduate and new hire at the University of Maine).
The discussion will focus on the role of artificial intelligence in education and research and the challenges it presents for best practices and inter / trans / disciplinary collaboration. The round table discussion is part of the LASER Hexagram Montreal series (Leonardo ArtScience Evening Rendezvous).
The Leonardo 50th Celebrations honour the Leonardo journal of arts sciences and technology founded in 1968 in Paris by kinetic artist and astronautical pioneer Frank Malina.
Co-chaired by Nina Czegledy (Leonardo), Bart Simon and Ricardo Dal Farra (Milieux) and Gisèle Trudel (Hexagram).
The Leonardo 50th Celebration in Montréal is a collaboration between Milieux Institute and Hexagram.
Distinguished speaker, artist and professor Christa Sommerer (University of Art and Design, Linz, Austria) opens the event on the topic of art, artificial intelligence and education, to be followed by an open public discussion.
The event continues with a round table discussion, with the participation of Roger Malina (Executive Editor of Leonardo Publications, Professor at UT Dallas), Louise Poissant (Scientific Director, Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture - FRQSC) and Sofian Audry (artist, Perte de Signal member, Concordia Ph. D. graduate and new hire at the University of Maine).
The discussion will focus on the role of artificial intelligence in education and research and the challenges it presents for best practices and inter / trans / disciplinary collaboration. The round table discussion is part of the LASER Hexagram Montreal series (Leonardo ArtScience Evening Rendezvous).
The Leonardo 50th Celebrations honour the Leonardo journal of arts sciences and technology founded in 1968 in Paris by kinetic artist and astronautical pioneer Frank Malina.
Future
4th International Conference on Technologies for Music Notation and Representation [TENOR 2018]
Cluster members Sandeep Bhagwati (chair), Ricardo Dal Farra, and Eldad Tsabary will organize this international conference in collaboration with researchers and students from Concordia (Hexagram Network, Milieux), UQAM, and McGill as well as prominent Montréal music ensembles.
Cluster members Sandeep Bhagwati (chair), Ricardo Dal Farra, and Eldad Tsabary will organize this international conference in collaboration with researchers and students from Concordia (Hexagram Network, Milieux), UQAM, and McGill as well as prominent Montréal music ensembles.
Ecstasies of Influence
Angélique Willkie, Patrick Leroux, Noah Drew and Ricardo Dal Farra are Co-Investigators on “Ecstasies of Influence”, a FRQSC research-creation grant proposal by Sandeep Bhagwati (currently under review) which looks at transfer of creative processes between visual and theatrical arts - and music.
Angélique Willkie, Patrick Leroux, Noah Drew and Ricardo Dal Farra are Co-Investigators on “Ecstasies of Influence”, a FRQSC research-creation grant proposal by Sandeep Bhagwati (currently under review) which looks at transfer of creative processes between visual and theatrical arts - and music.
Eldad Tsabary and Mark Corwin collaborate with Christine Beckett (music) and researchers at University of Sheffield, UNSW Sydney, Uni Graz, and Northwestern University, Illinois in organizing The International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC15) combined with the 10th triennial conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM10) as a distributed conference across hubs in different continents. Participants of this large-scale conference will be distributed across all hubs in Australia, Europe, and North America.
Parrhesia
“In Parrhesia, the speaker uses his freedom and chooses openness instead of persuasion, truth instead of lies or silence, the risk of death instead of quality of life and security, criticism instead of flattery, as well as moral responsibility instead of selfishness and moral apathy” (Michel Foucault). Multi Media Performance Installation in response to localized expressions of parrhesia - speaking freely. A collaboration with Marianne Lindow, visual artist, Ulla Neuerburg-Denzer, Angélique Willkie, and a cast of performers and musicians from Cologne, Germany and Montreal. Currently German grants are attached to the project; estimated creation and performance period in both Cologne and Montreal in Spring 2018.
“In Parrhesia, the speaker uses his freedom and chooses openness instead of persuasion, truth instead of lies or silence, the risk of death instead of quality of life and security, criticism instead of flattery, as well as moral responsibility instead of selfishness and moral apathy” (Michel Foucault). Multi Media Performance Installation in response to localized expressions of parrhesia - speaking freely. A collaboration with Marianne Lindow, visual artist, Ulla Neuerburg-Denzer, Angélique Willkie, and a cast of performers and musicians from Cologne, Germany and Montreal. Currently German grants are attached to the project; estimated creation and performance period in both Cologne and Montreal in Spring 2018.
Past
Niemandslandhymnen
Sandeep Bhagwati, Angélique Willkie, and Louis Patrick Leroux collaborated on Niemandslandhymnen, a major music theatre project at Usine C (May 2017). The project was commissioned by the Société de Musique Contemporaine du Québec and is supported by grants from CALQ and FRQSC.
Sandeep Bhagwati, Angélique Willkie, and Louis Patrick Leroux collaborated on Niemandslandhymnen, a major music theatre project at Usine C (May 2017). The project was commissioned by the Société de Musique Contemporaine du Québec and is supported by grants from CALQ and FRQSC.
Dwellings
Ulla Neuerburg-Denzer collaborates with Sandeep Bhagwati on Dwellings – a research-creation project that mobilized the resources of existing research labs at Concordia in order to integrate Indigenous theatrical forms with intermedia performance and technologies.
Ulla Neuerburg-Denzer collaborates with Sandeep Bhagwati on Dwellings – a research-creation project that mobilized the resources of existing research labs at Concordia in order to integrate Indigenous theatrical forms with intermedia performance and technologies.
The Riot Ballet
Presented as a work-in-progress, Noah Drew and Angélique Willkie collaborated on an ongoing research-creation entitled The Riot Ballet – an immersive, participatory theatrical exploration of social control, protest, and crowd psychology.Work in progress presentation.
Presented as a work-in-progress, Noah Drew and Angélique Willkie collaborated on an ongoing research-creation entitled The Riot Ballet – an immersive, participatory theatrical exploration of social control, protest, and crowd psychology.Work in progress presentation.
Louis Patrick Leroux and Sandeep Bhagwati, over the years, have collaborated on several projects, among them “Dialogues fantasques” (2009), a series of experimental plays by Leroux, as well as “Comprovisation Technologies” (2011), an international workshop.
Ricardo Dal Farra and Eldad Tsabary have collaborated on the organization and administration of three conferences in the past, including Concordia Live and Interactive Electroacoustic Symposium (CLIEC), Understanding Visual Music (UVM), and Balance-Unbalance (BunB). They also have a long history of pedagogical collaboration and organization of student performances.
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