Archizoom EPFL
27 Feb – 09 Apr 2009 Lausanne (CH)
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More Songs About Buildings ...
Wed 04 Mar 19.00 Laurent Benner, Larytta (Guy Meldem & Christian Pahud) & Radovan Scasascia (AM/PM)At the 1958 World Expo in Brussels, experimental composer Iannis Xenakis and architect Le Corbusier set a precedent for cross-discipline collaboration in the medium of sound. Le Corbusier designed a pavilion for the Dutch electronics company Philips based on notations for crescendos in Xenakis’s compositions — a literal translation of musical notation into three-dimensional space.
Later, a visual component was brought to the pavilion by Le Corbusier, in conjunction with an experimental electronic piece composed by Edgar Varèse, which produced an all-encompassing experience.
Forms of Inquiry has invited AM/PM and Larytta to showcase two contemporary positions investigating the correlation of sound and the visual arts through the mediums of projected video and live performance music.
Nicole Udry
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