Chris Cutler: Plunderphonics

Schedule

Wed Jun 12 2024 at 07:00 pm

Location

The Rose Hill | Brighton, EN

Come join us for the next edition of Listen Club, curated by none other than the definitive essayist on Plunderphonics, Chris Cutler.
For centuries music was either composed on paper or with an instrument, and in order to be heard, it had to be performed. But the authors of these pieces neither wrote nor played them; they are all meticulously composed, but performance always precedes composition. Plunderphonic works are often performed by people who are dead, would have refused to have anything to do with one another or never met and never will; you could call it a kind of zombie music - in short, impossible. Yet, it’s so common now you can’t escape it. Listen Club #14 will present some of its milestones, trace the dialectic between art and pop that has driven it from the start and follow it out into the the zone where those distinctions cease to signify.
Chris Cutler wrote the definitive and widely published essay on Plunderphonics. He is a composer, performer writer and broadcaster. He was in numerous bands, including Henry Cow, Pere Ubu, Gong, Art Bears and Cassiber, and worked with The Residents, as well as in dance, film, Hörspiel, theatre, soundscape, radio and orchestral projects. He runs the independent label ReR Megacorp, had published three books and numerous articles on music, and produces the long-running ‘probes’ podcast for the museum of modern art in Barcelona.
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Listen Club is about listening together is in the same space, with the possibility of sharing impressions and casual discussion afterwards. Listen Club hopes to provide a counterpoint to the quick paced personal consumption of music with a more patient shared experience; a deep listen, together, in order to foster community.
A programme of unusual sound-works, soundscape composition, and music from the present and the past, chosen by Sound Art Brighton artists and invited guests. Curators will guide the experience - briefly discussing the details of the selections and providing background on the music and artists chosen. We aim to present a variety of styles and listening experiences that may include long duration singular sound works to a series of work on a particular theme.
On average we will listen together for 45min to an hour, with time for discussion and conversation afterwards.
Tickets are free but please use the link to book below!

Where is it happening?

The Rose Hill, 73 Rose Hill Terrace, Brighton, BN1 4JL, United Kingdom,Brighton and Hove

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