Monday, 12 August 2013

Audio Journal: 12/08/2013 - Sounding The Body Electric

Sounding The Body Electric (Calvert 22, 2013)
Sounding The Body Electric (Calvert 22, 2013)
Source: MJASmith
On Friday my friend Dan and I visited Sounding The Body Electric: Experiments In Art And Music In Eastern Europe 1957 - 1984 at Calvert 22 Foundation in Shoreditch. The exhibition focusses on the development of electronic music, often for experimental film and adventurous radio programming, in Eastern Europe.

The exhibition consists of audio excerpts, video footage and examples of mind-boggling graphic scores that looked more like waveform descriptions in some cases and less formalised Damien Hirst coloured dots in others.

The photo above is of a series of vinyl records turned into an artwork covering a large area of wall, each LP subjected to a specific treatment, process or design.


Sounding The Body Electric: Experiments In Art And Music In Eastern Europe 1957 - 1984 runs until 25 August 2013. More information can be found here.

An accompanying 2xCD collection of excerpts from audio works included in the exhibition was released by the Bólt label.

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