Take this Hammer: Work, Song and Crisis - Book launch for Paul Rekret

Name: Take this Hammer: Work, Song and Crisis - Book launch for Paul Rekret
Start: 2024-10-04T17:30:00+01:00
End: 2024-10-04T19:30:00+01:00
Location: UCL Institute of Advanced Studies

Schedule

Fri Oct 04 2024 at 05:30 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

UCL Institute of Advanced Studies | London, EN

'Take this Hammer: Work, Song and Crisis' - Book launch for author Paul Rekret.
With Anthony Iles, Paul Rekret, Ashwani Sharma and Marie Thompson.
Connecting contemporary changes in work and the economy to tendencies in popular music, Take This Hammer (Goldsmiths Press, 2024) shows how song-form has both reflected developments in contemporary capitalism while also intimating a horizon beyond it. From online streaming and the extension of the working day to gentrification, unemployment and the emergence of trap rap, from ecological crisis and field recording to automation and trends in dance music, by exploring the intersections of work and song in the current era, not only do we gain a new understanding of contemporary musical culture, we also see how music might gesture towards a horizon beyond the alienating experience of work in capitalism itself.
There will be a presentation of the book, with responses by Anthony Iles, Ash Sharma, and Marie Thompson, followed by general discussion.
All welcome. No booking required.
IAS Forum
G17, ground floor, South Wing
UCL, Gower St, London
WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom
More details: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/events/2024/oct/take-hammer-work-song-crisis