ORCIM AGENDA 2012
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22-23/02 ORCiM International Seminar 2012
deadline for proposals extended to January 6, 2012
COMPOSITION - EXPERIMENT -TRADITION
An experimental tradition. A compositional experiment. A traditional composition. An experimental composition. A traditional experiment. A compositional tradition.
KEYNOTE LECTURERS: Chaya Czernowin (Israël) and Richard Barrett (U.K.)
This two-day international seminar aims at exploring the complex role of experimentation in the context of compositional practice and the artistic possibilities that its different approaches yield for practitioners and audiences. How these practices inform, or are informed by, historical, cultural, material and geographical contexts will be a recurring theme of this seminar.
Within such a general context, particular interests or questions include:
• How is composition experimental? For whom? Where? When? Why?
• How are experiments affected by materials, cultures, places, history and practices?
• What characterizes experimentation through collaboration?
• Under what conditions does the use of non-musical elements contribute to experimental compositional practices?
• What are the relationships between experimentation in composition and improvisation?
• What are the relationships between experimentation in composition and performance?
• Is there an Ethics of experimentation; and if so, how does it apply to composition?
The seminar is particularly directed at composers and music practitioners working in areas of research linked to artistic experimentation. Proposals related to any aspect of the seminar topic are welcome. We hope the collective experience will contribute to greater insights into how art unfolds, opening new possibilities for artistic creation and reception.
Download: Call for proposals (PDF)
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Dates & Deadlines
The seminar takes place at the Orpheus Institute in Ghent, Belgium from Wednesday 22 February 2012 (beginning at 14:00) to Thursday 23 February (ending at 16:00).
- Deadline for proposals: expired
- Deadline for registering as participant: February 10, 2012. Register or send us your proposal through info@orpheusinstituut.be. Proposals should be sent as MS Word files, not as PDF's.
Registration
Registration fee: €50 (full-time students: €25).
Please transfer the registration fee into our account before February 17, 2012. Registration is only then confirmed so thank you for informing us when the payment was done.
• Address Bank: KBC - Kouter 175, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
• Account number: IBAN: (BE36) 734 - 3341722 - 81 SWIFT/BIC Code: KREDBEBB
• A confirmation of registration will be sent by email only when the total amount due is paid into our account.
Travel Arrangements & Accommodation
Participants should arrange their own travel and accommodation. We recommend the following websites when searching for a place to stay in Ghent:
• www.bedandbreakfast-gent.be
• www.hotelscombined.com (several discounts for members of the academic community)
• www.ibishotel.com/Gent (mention referral by Orpheus Institute to get corporate rate)
Detailed information on how to get to the Orpheus Institute (Ghent) can be found on the Orpheus Institute's website: http://www.orpheusinstituut.be/en/contact/how-to-find-us
Organising Committee
ORCiM Research Fellows William Brooks, Kathleen Coessens, Stefan Östersjö and Juan Parra.
For all practical information, please contact the Orpheus Institute's Activities & Communication Manager: joyce.desmet@orpheusinstituut.be