LECTURES | Thursday June 18th 2015 @ 18:30
ANDREY SMIRNOV & LUBOV PCHELKINA
SOUND IN Z & THE »METHOD« GROUP
Venue: Uferstudios (Heizhaus),
Uferstr. 8 / 23 oder Badstr. 41 a,
13357 Berlin
http://www.uferstudios.com <http://www.uferstudios.com/>
Sound in Z
Experiments of the Russian avant-garde in the early 20th century
In the science-fiction essay »The Enemy of Music« (1917) the young
inventor Evgeny Sholpo describes a machine, capable of synthesizing any
sound and producing music according to a special graphical score without
any need for a performer. He was sure, that, armed with mathematical
formulae, he can break mystical and idealistic tendencies with an
explanation of the phenomena of music creation. These ideas were mainly
embodied in the sound cinema of the early 1930 s, but the rapid growth
of censorship and repression, the fight against »formalism« and other
such changes had, by the late 1930 s, put a stop to practically all
experimentalism.
Andrey Smirnov's lecture will introduce the artistic and intellectual
climate
of this era and will expose the lost wisdom.
The »Method« Group
and the Theory of Projectionism in Russia of the 1920s
Aftermath of the October Revolution the new ideology of the State of the
Soviet Russia needed an art based primarily on materialism, natural
science and a formal analysis rather than on abstract emotions. The
artist, Solomon Nikritin developed a fundamental theory of art called
Projectionism. According to this theory »an artist is not a producer of
consumer goods (a cupboard, a picture), but author of (PROJECTIONS)
METHODS«. Words like inspiration and miracle of creativity were replaced
by quite palpable notions such as matter (canvas, paint, body, sound
etc.), texture and structure. Members of his »Method« Group realized the
ideas of the Projectionism in the painting, at the Projection Theatre
and others projects.
LECTURES IN ENGLISH - FREE TO ATTEND
CONCERTS | Thursday June 18th 2015 21:00 onwards
Martin Howse / Kathy Alberici
Venue: Uferstudios (Heizhaus),
Uferstr. 8 / 23 oder Badstr. 41 a,
13357 Berlin
http://www.uferstudios.com <http://www.uferstudios.com/>
Martin Howse: EARTH_VOICE un-earths a dirty, soil circuit, modulating
and expressing wormed and human voice, uniting deep earth currents and
atmospheric signals with vocal bone and tongue fragility.
EARTH_VOICE explores the detection and extraction of code and signals
from the sheer ground through unrefined electrochemistry and
manipulation of crystal-bound electrons, air and light.
Kathy Alberici: Experimental violinist, Kathy Alberici performs solo.
Inhabiting a tingling space between noise, soundscapes, and drone, she
will lead you through dark corridors to abandoned wilderness, emerging
out of the shadows to tap you on the shoulder and run into the trees.
Working with an entirely analogue set-up, sound is manipulated, recycled
and deconstructed to reveal its many faces. From nothing comes
something, the imperfections, the dirt becoming its own musical element
in a complex weave of reflexive feedback.
FREE ENTRANCE
CONCERT-LECTURE-OPENHOUSE | Friday June 19th 2015 OpenHouse @ 19:00
Concert-Lecture @ 21:30
Hacklander \ Hatam & Fredrik Olofsson
Venue: Uferstudios (Heizhaus),
Uferstr. 8 / 23 oder Badstr. 41 a,
13357 Berlin
http://www.uferstudios.com <http://www.uferstudios.com/>
During Openhouse the artists are present to talk with the public.
Concert Lecture performance begins at 21:30
PROJECTIONISTS THE METHOD
»The Artist is not a producer of consumer goods, but of (PROJECTIONS)
METHOD - the organization of matter. The intention was for new ideas to
transfer creative energy into further development.« - from Smirnov's
»Sound in Z«.
During their residency Hacklander \ Hatam, together with Swedish
programmer Fredrik Olofsson, are entering into the dust of the
unofficial archives of that time through the guidance of their guests
Andrey Smirnov and Lubov Pchelkina.
The sonic duo Hacklander \ Hatam together with programmer Fredrik
Olofsson, will use these archives as creative fodder in their
concert-lecture »Projectionists (The Method)«.
FREE ENTRANCE
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