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AUSTRIAN CULTURAL FORUM NEW YORK,
THE ARGENTO NEW MUSIC PROJECT,
AND THE MUSIC INFORMATION CENTER AUSTRIA PRESENT
SUNDAY SEP 13, 11:00 AM - 04:00 PM
MONDAY SEP 14, 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
MOVING SOUNDS SYMPOSIUM
The artistic program of the Moving Sounds Festival revolves around "sound" as a compositional material. In the accompanying symposia, the participating composers, artists, and curators will engage in a dialog with theorists/practitioners from American universities, discussing the phenomenon of "sound" within the context of the presented works. Theodor W. Adorno's analysis of the "culture-industry" and its significance for the aesthetics of music in the 21st century provides the framework. The discussions and dialogs will revolve mainly around topics such as the artistic practice of "written" vs. "produced" music, the aesthetic requirements of electronic vs. acoustic modes of practice, and the effects of the respective "value-added chains" on production, perception, and reception.
Instead of giving us new sounds, the nineteenth-century composers have given us endless arrangements of the old sounds. We have turned on the radios and always known when we were tuned to a symphony. The sound has always been the same, and there has not been the hint of curiosity as to the possibilities of rhythm. For interesting rhythms we have listened to jazz.
- John Cage, 1939
What does this mean and how do we relate to this exactly 70 years later?
PROGRAM
SUNDAY SEP 13, 11:00 AM - 04:00 PM
SESSION 1
"SOUND: MUSICAL MATERIAL AND AESTHETICS?"
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Michel Galante, photo by Richard Frank
Welcome note by Director Andreas Stadler
"Music, Sound, and Identities"
Introductory remarks by the Curators on the artistic program of the Moving Sounds Festival
by Michel Galante and Peter Rantasa
Introductory notes by Peter Rantasa "Leaving the 20th century behind: Sound, aesthetics and cultural industries"
Paul D. Miller
"Sound Unbound"
Brian Kane
"Trailing Sounds"
Followed by Dialog and Q and A
SESSION 2
"COMPOSING SOUND": The Symbolical and the Physical
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Moderated by Joshua Finebeng
Bernhard Lang, Elizabeth Hoffman and Sam Pluta in Dialog
Beat Furrer and Michael Klingbeil in Dialog
Bernhard Lang, photo by Gerlinde Hipfl
SESSION 3
"THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC SCENE IN VIENNA"
4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Introduction to the documentary "Vinyl Underground" by Andrew Standen-Raz
4:30PM - 6:00PM
(ACFNY-Auditorium) Prescreening: "Vinyl Underground"
movie still from
MONDAY SEP 14, 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM SESSION 4 "PRODUCING SOUND" and "PERFORMING SOUND" 04:00 PM -05:30 PM
Eva Fischer, photo by Crowdstrudel
Round Table conversation with DJ Christopher Just, DJ Dorian Concept (a.k.a. Oliver Johnson), DJ Dieb 13 (a.k.a. Dieter Kovacic), Eva Fischer (Sound:Frame) and Astrid Steiner as well as members of the Argento Chamber Ensemble, the Timetable Percussion Trio etc.
CLOSING REMARKS AND CONCERTS The Closing Remarks are followed by two performances by the Argento Chamber Ensemble at the ACFNY (6:00 PM and 7:30 PM) as well as a performance by the Jack Quartet at Le Poisson Rouge (9:00 PM) followed by the Moving Sounds Closing Party at Le Poisson Rouge (with DJs Dorian Concept and Christopher Just)
VENUE
Austrian Cultural Forum NY,
11 East 52nd Street,
New York, NY 10022
RESERVATIONS
Free Admission. Reservations necessary.
Call (212) 319 5300 ext. 222 or e-mail rsvp@acfny.org
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