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Joseph Beuys, Filz-TV (Felt TV) (1970) Author: Walker Art Center Date: 2000 Institution: Walker Art Center This multiple, a relic of Joseph Beuys’ action Felt TV (1966), is composed of three props (the boxing gloves, felt pad, and sausage) and a film of the performance. In the 11-minute film, Beuys explored metaphors of communication and energy through the medium of television. As the TV broadcast a talk …
Experimental
Aprile, 2016
Marzo, 2016
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3 Marzo
Dutch Designers print sound – Dirk van den Heuvel
He states: “When I first started researching 3D printing the technology was an exciting and interesting, but the desktop 3D printers were unable to produce objects at a human scale. Large and medium scale functional design objects that we use, like bowls, plates & decorative objects could not be made. The objects made with desktop 3D printers were also low …
Febbraio, 2016
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29 Febbraio
Luc Ferrari – Éphémère I “L’Ordinateur Ça Sert À Quoi?” 1974
Éphémère I & II’ (for tape, or to be played with various instruments) are two previously unpublished masterpieces which represent a very specific moment in the creative life and catalogue of Luc Ferrari. Luc Ferrari was tempted in the mid-1970s by the idea of leaving the final realization of these pieces open to the performer’s intervention (a perspective he decided …
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5 Febbraio
Bill Fontana – Harmonic Bridge
I have worked for the past 45 years creating installations that use sound as a sculptural medium to interact with and transform our perceptions of visual and architectural settings. These have been installed in public spaces and museums around the world including San Francisco, New York, Paris, London, Berlin, Venice, Sydney and Tokyo. My sound sculptures use the human and/or …
Gennaio, 2016
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31 Gennaio
Pietro Grossi | Progetto 2/3
Pietro Grossi (Venezia, 15 aprile 1917 – Firenze, 21 febbraio 2002), dopo aver conseguito il diploma in violoncello e composizione al Conservatorio di Musica di Bologna, nel 1936, a diciannove anni vince il concorso per il posto di primo violoncello nell’orchestra del Maggio musicale fiorentino. Nel 1941 si diploma in composizione e comincia a scrivere opere per orchestra e musica …
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23 Gennaio
Mika Vainio – Heijastuva
Long and slowly developing title track Heijastuva is a Mika Vainio’s implementation of Robert Fripp and Brian Eno’s guitar feedback experiments from 70’s. B-side’s three ultra minimal and subtle tracks speak about light and fragility of life. Entitled Heijastuva, it’s comprised of four new tracks from the Finnish artist, including the long pieces ‘Heijastuva’ (a loop-based, slowly unfolding study in guitar …
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19 Gennaio
Mauricio Kagel Staatstheater: Repertoire (1967-1970)
Kagel’s interest in the theatricality of objects is also a demonstration of the detachment he wishes to keep between an object and its function, presenting situations with diverse interpretative possibilities, keeping the audience frustrated as to the purpose of the actions and the objects connected with them. Repertoire, a movement taken from his major theatre work Staatstheater, presents a hundred …
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19 Gennaio
Mauricio Kagel Antithese (1962)
In 1962 the Argentine-German composer Mauricio Kagel (1931-2008) completed an innovative multimedia/interdisciplinary piece, Antithese für einen Darsteller mit elektronischen und öffentlichen Klängen. The unique compositional style and formal structure consisting of heterogeneous compositional components reflected his profound insights into issues inherent in postwar avant-garde music. Kagel remarked strikingly that “anarchy in the piece was omnipresent.” Indeed, his use of the …
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12 Gennaio
Laurie Anderson – Home Of The Brave (1986)
Home of the Brave is a 1986 American concert film directed by and featuring the music of Laurie Anderson. The film’s full on-screen title is Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson. The performances were filmed at the Park Theater in Union City, NJ, during the summer of 1985. Good Evening (instrumental) Zero and One (spoken word) Excellent …
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12 Gennaio
Maryanne Amacher – Sound Characters (Making The Third Ear) – 1999
Maryanne Amacher (1943-2009) October 22, 2009 by Kyle Gann [For emendation to the above dates, see updates below.] The music world lost one of its most bizarre characters today, and I say that with the utmost affection. Maryanne Amacher was an amazing composer of sound installations, who occasionally taught courses at Bard. I first encountered her in 1980 at New Music America …