Re-newable Music? Sounds of Nature in Stefan Węgłowski's Music
Barbara Mielcarek-Krzyżanowska, Academy of Music Bydgoszcz: Stefan Węgłowski (b. 1985) is a composer, producer, and live performer. Since his studies, he has been fascinated by timbre, sound, musical colour, amplification of sound, and the possibility of deconstructing and building the structure of sound anew. The sounds of natural instruments and solo voices (produced in a traditional way, but also according to the composer's instructions) and the sounds of nature are presented in a non-obvious way, becoming a pretext for creating his own, completely original sound vision.
The aim of the lecture is to discuss if nature is only a source of different sounds (potentially musical sounds) or an environment supporting our emotional balance.
Degrees of Separation
Hannes Priesch, Artist: “A human being is part of a whole, called by us the ‘Universe’—a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts, and feelings, as something separated from the rest—a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
—Albert Einstein
About a possible lecture/performance
Based on Einstein's reflections, I will explore the paradox of separation and connectedness as it occurs in human culture, theory, art and politics.
My presentation will be an open-ended reflection on some of the most unusual and extreme tendencies currently struggling to shape our future and compare them with examples from other times, cultures and traditions.
These ideas straddle the boundaries between anthropology, fiction, non-fiction and science fiction and will also have links to earlier art movements, particularly Futurism - possible precursors to current developments - whose roots often lie in a broader ideological framework.
Programme
9.30 Lecture Barbara Mielcarek-Krzyżanowska
11.00 Coffee break
11.30 Lecture Hannes Priesch: https://www.hannespriesch.com/