Thursday Feb 7, 5-10 pm. (Note the change of weekday from previous sessions.)
The discussion will take place in LB 671-1 (click here for directions)
Questions about Interdisciplinary Art in Individualist vs. Sociocultural Contexts
The one where we ask whether Interdisciplinary Art is just a fad or here to stay, and if yes – why the world needs it at all.
“Prinzessin Süssüsan” (Princess Süssüsan)
by Sandeep Bhagwati (Composition, Libretto) and Peter Truschner (Libretto)
Children’s Opera in 19 scenes with Prologue and Epilogue
for 10 singers, three choirs and large orchestra
World Premiere: February 22, 2008 (plus 15 performances until June)
@
Opera Bonn
Am Boeselagerhof 1
53111 Bonn
Germany
+49-228-778000
theater@bonn.de (more…)
You are invited to the third Workshop Discussion on Interdisciplinary Art, coordinated by Sandeep Bhagwati.
Tuesday January 22, 5pm – 10pm. LB 671-1 (click here for directions)
Questions about Technology, Poetics, Narrativity and Interdisciplinary Aesthetics
The one where we ask nasty questions about the why and wherefore of Interdisciplinarity in the world of Art.
Part I Lecture: A lecture about the poeto-aesthetical dimensions of Interdisciplinary Art.
Part II Discussion about issues such as:
Is there a difference between newmedia based interdisciplinarity and non-newmedia based approaches? If not, what about the newmedia hype? If yes, what are these differences? Or: What does Interdisciplinary Art accomplish aesthetically that is beyond the means of the mono-disciplinary? Or: Which stories do we tell interdisciplinarily?
The next workshop, “Questions about Interdisciplinary Art in Individualist vs. Sociocultural Contexts ” will be held Thursday Feb 7, 5-10 pm in LB 671-1. Subscribe to our RSS feed for updates.
You are invited to the second Workshop Discussion on Interdisciplinary Art. This is the second of four such workshops, coordinated by Sandeep Bhagwati.
Tuesday Jan 15, 5 -10 pm in LB 671-1 (click here for directions)
Questions around the Intermediality of Interdisciplinary Art
The one where we look at practical solutions, serendipity and the resistance of the medium in making and evaluating Interdisciplinary Art.
Part I Lectures: 2 interdisciplinary artists present their practice
Part II Discussions about issues such as:
Every artist has a „home“ discipline or culture that has conditioned their approach to artmaking – what happens in the application of this „tool set“ to another medium ? What are the hazards of intermedia work and how to counter them –
inefficiency of production, aesthetic misjudgements, suspicions of aesthetic shallowness ? Is there a real difference between intercultural and interdisciplinary approaches – or are both just about learning to work within another context“?
The next workshop, “Questions about Technology, Poetics, Narrativity and Interdisciplinary Aesthetics” will be held Tuesday Jan 22, 5 -10 pm in LB 671-1. Subscribe to our RSS feed for updates
LB 671-1 is in the Library Building of Concordia’s downtown campus on de Maisonneuve and Mackay (across de Maisonneuve from the Hall Building).
671-1 is on the sixth floor. You must take the elevator from the ground floor, located outside the Campus Bookstore [However brave, the climber will be unsuccessful to tempt the stairs through the library to the sixth floor. These stairs are abruptly intersected with a glass wall. None shall pass this way.]
The elevator opens on the 6th: head straight, veering left, through the glass corridor that would be the continuation of the library stairs. Continue on straight, towards the “Sortie” sign.
At said “Sortie,” you will turn down the corridor on your right. (This is the first possible corridor on the right.) At the water fountain on your left, you will turn left down a corridor. (This is the first possible corridor on the left.)
Directly ahead of you is a small, half flight of stairs ending at a “T” junction. Climb the stairs and turn right. The first room on your left is our destination: LB 671-1. The first door on the left may be locked, go ahead and try the second door.
You are invited to a Workshop Discussion on Interdisciplinary Art – Practices, Methods, Categories. This is the first in a series of four, coordinated by Sandeep Bhagwati.
Tuesday Jan 8, 5-10 pm @ matralab Questions about Theoretical and Personal Interdisciplinarity in ArtThe one where we collect background info and identify the current streams of discourse here and now.
In three threads:
Thread I: An open forum for the discussion of burning questions and issues that each participant brings.
Thread II: a discussion of structural issues such as interdisciplinary mapping, interdisciplinarity in the process of making art vs. in the artistic result, and the importance of focal points („Rosetta Stones“) in interdisciplinarity.
Thread III: a sort of collective memory exercise on the discourse and socio-cultural setting around interdisciplinary art in Canada and Quebec (what were the issues, which were previous forum discussions, interdisciplinary organizations, groundbreaking/defining artists/artworks).
Homework: Each participant must bring along a reasoned list of artists, artworks and texts that in their
opinion best represent interdisciplinary art (max 10 items, all categories mixed).
The next workshop, “Questions around the Intermediality of Interdisciplinary Art” will be held Tuesday Jan 15, 5 -10 pm. Subscribe to our RSS feed for updates.
Sandeep will be speaking at the McGill Lunch and Learn Series this Wednesday November 21, 2007.
“Understanding the Unforseen: Composing for Improvising Orchestras and Multiperspectival Societies.” “Comprendre l’imprévu: composer pour des orchestres d’improvisation et des societés à perspectives multiples.”
It would be great to see you there!
12:30 – 13:30 | 21 Nov 2007 | 3463 Rue Peel | Room 201
We are proud to announce the world premiere of a new work by Sandeep Bhagwati: VINELAND STELAE. Performances will be held November 1, 2 & 3 at REDCAT Theatre, Los Angeles. (REDCAT is the multi-media space in the new Disney Hall built by Frank Gehry.)
VINELAND STELAE (based on his Lipogram poem “Inside a Native Land”) is an evening length concerto grosso comprovisation for Trombone solo, 8 solo instruments, 8 groups of musicians and 8 channel live electronics, inscribed into a complex space (Design: Chi Wang Yang/Abra Brayman).
Performances will be led by Mike Svoboda, trombone.
Soloists:
Ashish Khan, Sarod
David Johnson, Marimba
Rachel Rudich, Shakuhachi
I Nyoman Wenten & Ensemble, Gamelan
Daniel Rosenboom, Trumpet
Alfred Ladzekpo & Ensemble, Ewe Drums
Vinny Golia, Woodwinds
Swapan Chaudhuri & Randy Gloss, Tabla & Tabla Tarang
Musicians are members of the New Century Players, of California EAR Unit and faculty & students of CalArts.
This work was commissioned by CalArts as part of Sandeep Bhagwati’s 2007 residency.