Circus - posters, programs and other ephemera
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author(s): Olof Halldin
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Circus - posters, programs and other ephemera. Digital material donated by Cirkusakademien.
Sacred Technologies: Numinous and Grotesque Symbolism of Electronic Music Devices in Instrumental Theater
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author(s): Charles Quevillon
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This artistic research thesis investigates how performance with electronic music devices, such as the loudspeaker, electric guitar, and amplifier connects to domains of the sacred. It combines theory from anthropology, religious studies, musicology, and history of technology with my artistic practice as a composer.
Inspired by Mauricio Kagel’s instrumental theater, I introduce the concept of Symbolic Sound-Producing Gestures, drawing on Jungian symbolism and Artaud’s Animated Hieroglyphs, to explore sacred symbolism in instruments, sounds, and expanded instrumental techniques used in my works.
Drawing on Durkheim’s sacred/profane dichotomy, Erik Davis’s Techgnosis, and the concept of Sacred Consumption, I examine the paradoxical entanglement of sacred and profane in contemporary culture. Three of my artistic works exemplify how representations of electronic music devices can articulate this entanglement; a process that ultimately led to the concept of Grotesque Numinosity as my personal aesthetic lens.
Because of their history and cultural manifestations, these devices are rich in sacred associations. Moreover, by Channeling Energy, they can evoke the emotional intensity of the Numinous: awe, dread, and mystery.
Introduction to Research Design in Circus
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author(s): Zaelea Nolte
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These are the results of the five week "introduction to research design in circus".
The Resonance of Vocalising
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author(s): Sophia Bardoutsou
connected to: Professional Doctorate Arts + Creative (internal)
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The aim of this PD project is to bring artists and citizens together with each other and their environment, and collectively explore how the wordless voice can be a means of communication. Artists leading this project bring understanding from the multiple fields in which they are working – music, theatre, visual arts, and circus. In addition to the collective exploration of connection, the objective is to propose a methodology (which combines and develops from a range of existing methods and is provisionally termed “Resonant Cycles”) and investigate if it can have a transformative impact on the subjectivities of the individual participants.
The project involves interventions in the field of performing arts with the goal of modeling less language-dependent and more inclusive, sensory-rich experiences of cross-disciplinary creation and performance. It invites a holistic and immersive experience of performing arts that brings the physical voice to the forefront and prompts reflection on the essence and meaning of vocal sound regardless of language, and the way that sound itself functions as a means of communication.
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author(s): Zaelea Nolte
This exposition is in progress and its share status is: visible to all.
These are the results of the five week "introduction to research design in circus".
Drawing Across x Along x Between x University Borders
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author(s): DRAWinU
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CONFERENCE, UNIVERSITY OF PORTO.
October 16, 17, 18th, 2024
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Drawing Across :: Along :: Between University Borders considers the epistemological and transformative potential of drawing research to connect divergent areas in the university today. The conference focuses on drawing-based collaborations between art, science and society to tackle artistic, educational and societal challenges. We invite artists, scientists, educators, students, university policymakers and persons interested in inter-transdisciplinary practices across academia, research, and society to contribute and join the discussion in three possible directions:
ACROSS - In what ways are drawing practitioners challenging the disciplinary strictures that often constrain thinking and acting across divergent areas in the university?
ALONG - How can drawing activities be an ally of STEM education in the university, and how can STEM practices be an ally of drawing education?
BETWEEN - How can drawing-based practices and STEM disciplines collaborate to address the urgency of societal challenges?
