1913 / the art of noises / 2013
University College Cork
December 13, 2013
The year 1913 was a momentous one in art. From Proust to Stravinsky, Duchamp to Malevitch, Modernism was to recalibrate the way the world was seen; Futurism offered to change the way the world was heard. One hundred years ago, Luigi Russolo published his manifesto, L’arte dei Rumori (The Art of Noises), announcing a new way not only of conceiving music but also how we would hear the world around us. In the future, noises would be the material of music. Russolo’s manifesto, and his strange intonarumori devices, have been fantastically influential in the intervening century, and this event seeks to capture some of those connections, in both discursive and performative modes.
Possible themes:
New sounds; new instruments; celebration of speed, war, or the modern city in music, visual art and poetry; Futurist manifestos; music and sound art; connections to other artworks and artists in 1913; influences of Futurism in music and other arts.
Proposals are invited for papers on any of the suggested themes, in the form of an abstract or outline of not more than 300 words.
Proposals are also invited for art works – especially performances, installations, sound sculptures, compositions – which are specifically designed to address the themes suggested. The proposal should outline the projected artwork, and should be accompanied by an abstract of not more than 300 words that details the relationship of the work to the themes of the symposium. The proposer will be responsible for supplying all equipment/special resources required for the creation or display/performance of any accepted proposal.
Please send your proposal by 5pm, October 31st by email to phegarty@french.ucc.ie. The selection panel will meet as soon after this date as possible and inform selected contributors forthwith.
Dr. Paul Hegarty
John Godfrey
In collaboration with the UCC Modernisms Research Centre
I am thrilled to have come across this call for papers while researching the Italian Futurists for a fellowship proposal, and stunned to also find that – 300 Futurist works of art will be shown in New York City’s Guggenheim Museum early, 2014. I found that news very shocking in the best of all ways, this event will be huge in its impact to all who see it and for all artists such as myself, who love the Futurists as I do.
I am almost speechless except to say, thank you for this wonderful opportunity.
I look forward to contributing creative work and a statement that has been directly inspired by the Italian Futurists in the very near future.
Thank you, again.