Lectures http://backend.momus.gr/en en Πειραματικό Εργαστήριο Ήχου στο MOMus-Μουσείο Μοντέρνας Τέχνης-Συλλογή Κωστάκη με επικεφαλής τον Andrey Smirnov http://backend.momus.gr/el/education/peiramatiko-ergastirio-ihoy-sto-momus-moyseio-monternas-tehnis-syllogi-kostaki-me <span>Experimental Sound Laboratory at MOMus-Museum of Modern Art-Costakis Collection led by Andrey Smirnov</span> <span><span>dimitra.samsaki</span></span> <span><time datetime="2024-02-29T15:17:40+02:00" title="Thursday, February 29, 2024 - 15:17">Thu, 02/29/2024 - 15:17</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-education-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Education type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/en/taxonomy/term/10" hreflang="en">Lectures</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-education-image field--type-image field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img src="/sites/default/files/2024-02/eslab_cover_29.02.jpg" width="1920" height="1005" alt="soundlaboratory" loading="lazy" /> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-education-exhibition field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Education Exhibition</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/en/exhibitions/solomon-nikritin-1898-1965-heeding-life" hreflang="en">Solomon Nikritin (1898-1965). Heeding Life</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-start-date field--type-timestamp field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Start Date</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2024-03-07T18:00:00+02:00" title="Thursday, March 7, 2024 - 18:00">Thu, 03/07/2024 - 18:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-end-date field--type-timestamp field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">End Date</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2024-03-28T20:00:00+02:00" title="Thursday, March 28, 2024 - 20:00">Thu, 03/28/2024 - 20:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-museum field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Museum</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/en/taxonomy/term/1" hreflang="en">Museum of Modern Art</a></div> </div> <div class="text-content clearfix field field--name-field-body field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p><strong>Lectures circle “The Sound Machines of Avant-Garde”</strong></p><p> </p><p>The radical inventions of the 1920s-1930s by Soviet inventors such as Leon Theremin (1896-1993), the inventor of the first commercially produced electronic musical instrument, and more, are the core of the <strong>new four-lecture seminar series under the title “The Sound Machines of Avant-Garde”, with which the Experimental Sound Laboratory continues its operation at MOMus-Museum of Modern Art-Costakis Collection in Thessaloniki, led by Andrey Smirnov.</strong> The lectures take place on <strong>07, 14, 21 &amp; 28 March 2024</strong>, in English. </p><p>Find below information on bookings and tuition fees. </p><p> </p><p><strong>The programme in detail </strong></p><p><strong>1. “The Sound Machines of Avant-Garde. Introduction”</strong></p><p><strong>Thursday 07 March 2024 | 18:00-20:00</strong></p><p>While the 20th Century is one of the most over-documented in the history of the world, yet it seems, the history of experimental and electronic sound and music, and the impact that it has had on our culture, is largely unknown even by authoritative scholars. The lecture series gives an overview of some of the most important and radical inventions, made in the 1920-30-s by Soviet inventors and beyond. Many inventors patented new sound machines intended specially for performance of the noise music. Some devices based on electro-optical, electro-mechanical and newest electronic technologies were ahead of their time by decades. </p><p>Perhaps one of the most charismatic figures in the history of electronic music and audio technology was Leon Theremin (1896-1993), well known as the inventor of the first commercially produced electronic musical instrument, the Theremin, which one could play without even touching it. The first three lectures will give an overview of the key inventions made by Leon Theremin as well as their most significant consequences. </p><p> </p><p><strong>2. “Leon Theremin: Music and Gesture”</strong></p><p><strong>Thursday 14 March 2024 | 18:00-20:00</strong></p><p>Perhaps one of the most charismatic figures in the history of electronic music and audio technology was Leon Theremin, inventor of the world's first electronic musical instruments, the theremin. It was the only instrument that could be played without touching it by moving the hands in the electromagnetic field of special antennae. In 1923, Leon Theremin created a special device called Illumovox, which worked under the control of a theremin and made it possible to change the color of the light beam, thus linking the performer's plasticity, pitch and color. The other Theremin’s invention was the Terpsitone - the world’s first motion-tracking system built by Leon Theremin in the US in 1931. Instead of an antenna for the hand it uses an antenna-platform for the whole body. Dancers’ movements are converted into corresponding tones —moving an arm or a leg is sufficient to produce a noticeable change of tone. Though it was never mass produced, the Terpsitone has been successfully used in the 1930-s in the US by a group of dancers, collaborating with Leon Theremin. </p><p> </p><p><strong>3. “The Rhythmicon: Optical Synthesis and Electrification of Rhythm”</strong></p><p><strong>Thursday 21 March 2024 | 18:00-20:00</strong></p><p>The story of the Rhythmicon -the world’s first rhythm machine, developed in the US in 1931 by the Russian inventor Leon Theremin and American composer Henry Cowell. The project was financially supported by Charles Ives and realized in collaboration with Ukraine born composer and theorist Joseph Schillinger. Henry Cowell wrote a number of compositions for it, including Rhythmicana (Concerto for Rhythmicon and Orchestra (1931)) and Music for Violin and Rhythmicon (1932). Though it was never mass produced, the Rhythmicon is widely acknowledged as the world’s first device –able to play polyrhythms in loops. Joseph Schillinger calculated that it would take 455 days, 2 hours and 30 minutes to play all the rhythm combinations available on the Rhythmicon, assuming an average duration of ten seconds for each combination. Today, its uniqueness and rarity continue to hold a fascination for musicians across the world. One of two survived machines will be presented to the audience.</p><p> </p><p><strong>4. “Eavesdropping the Universe: Hacking as an artistic method”</strong></p><p><strong>Thursday 28 March 2024 | 18:00-20:00</strong></p><p>Experimental music and sonification of natural and man-made processes. Leon Theremin and his eavesdropping systems. Spy technology and the art of vibrations.  All sorts of sensors and detectors to convert electromagnetic processes and light into sound: RF Detectors, Statics radiation detectors. Overview of other important Theremin’s inventions: harmonium, polyphonic theremin, spectral analysis tools, audio thermal delay lines, time stretching devices, audio compression tools, piano testers, monitoring of piano pedalisation, noise reduction and restoration systems. Theremin sensors and gestural control over the modern interactive system.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Bookings and tuition fees: </strong></p><p>By sending email at <a href="mailto:reception.modern@momus.gr">reception.modern@momus.gr</a>, or by calling at (+30) 2310589143, until Thursday 07 March 2024 at 14:00. First come, first served basis. </p><ul><li>A certificate will be provided by MOMus, after the completion of the circle.</li><li>The lectures will be in English; no translation provided. </li><li>Tuition fee: 55€ / per person, 45€ / reduced price for students (obligatory student ID on show)</li><li>The first lecture will be free for the public, with no tuition fee.</li><li>One can attend à la carte lectures, if there is still availability: 30€ / per person, 20€ / reduced price for students (obligatory student ID on show)</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Curriculum Vitae</strong></p><p><strong>Andrey Smirnov</strong> is a musical artist and researcher, known worldwide for his innovative teaching method and his research in the fields of electronic music and the history of Avant-Garde music alongside visual arts. He is the founder of the Theremin Centre and has been the Head of Sound Laboratory at the Rodchenko Art – School in Moscow. He teaches courses on the history and aesthetics of electro-acoustic music, sound design and composition, new musical interfaces and physical computing. </p><p> </p><p>Andrey has conducted many workshops and seminars, targeted both at professionals and the general public, in the USA, Europe and Russia and he has participated at significant festivals and conferences. </p><p> </p><p>Andrey Smirnov is the author of the books “Sound In Z: Experiments in Sound and Electronic Music in Early 20th Century Russia” (Walther Koenig &amp; Sound and Music, London, 2013) and “In Search of Lost Sound. Experimental Sound Culture in Russia and USSR in the first half of the 20th century” (Moscow, GARAGE, 2020) (The Book of the Year Award, Innovation 2021).</p><p> </p><p>From September 2023, Andrey works as a special scientific associate at MOMus-Museum of Modern Art-Costakis Collection in Thessaloniki.</p><p> </p><p>The <strong>Experimental Sound Laboratory at MOMus-Museum of Modern Art-Costakis Collection</strong> is based on the historical documents and original electronic musical instruments from the personal collection of Andrey Smirnov relating to that period, and aims at studying the Avant-Garde sound culture and to revive as well as advance the accomplishments of related technologies that proved to be many decades ahead of their time. The value and meaning of these ideas highly exceed the sphere of Russian Avant-Garde. Today, we usually utilize them not being aware of their origins, while multiple ideas evolve in a new, creative manner. </p><p> </p><p>The <strong>Experimental Sound Laboratory</strong> develops educational programmes in the form of lectures and workshops, targeted to musicians and music historians as well as to the general public, with a distinct interest in Russian Avant-Garde, sound and new media art, electronic and electroacoustic music.</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-hide-from-calendar field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Hide From Calendar</div> <div class="field__item">Do not hide</div> </div> Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:01:49 +0000 dimitra.samsaki 2646 at http://backend.momus.gr Οι Πρωτοπόροι! Καλλιτέχνες σε εξέγερση στη Ρωσική Αυτοκρατορία και τη Σοβιετική Ένωση 1917-1935 http://backend.momus.gr/el/education/oi-protoporoi-kallitehnes-se-exegersi-sti-rosiki-aytokratoria-kai-ti-sobietiki-enosi-1917 <span>The Avant-gardists! Artists in revolt in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union 1917-1935</span> <span><span>dimitra.samsaki</span></span> <span><time datetime="2024-04-18T13:54:25+03:00" title="Thursday, April 18, 2024 - 13:54">Thu, 04/18/2024 - 13:54</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-education-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Education type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/en/taxonomy/term/10" hreflang="en">Lectures</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-education-image field--type-image field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img src="/sites/default/files/2024-04/%CE%91%CE%BD%CF%8E%CE%BD%CF%85%CE%BC%CE%BF%20%CF%83%CF%87%CE%AD%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BF%20%283%29.jpg" width="1920" height="1005" alt="avant" loading="lazy" /> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-start-date field--type-timestamp field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Start Date</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2024-04-25T17:00:00+03:00" title="Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 17:00">Thu, 04/25/2024 - 17:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-end-date field--type-timestamp field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">End Date</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2024-04-25T19:00:00+03:00" title="Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 19:00">Thu, 04/25/2024 - 19:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-museum field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Museum</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/en/taxonomy/term/1" hreflang="en">Museum of Modern Art</a></div> </div> <div class="text-content clearfix field field--name-field-body field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p><strong>A talk with the Art Historian, Sjeng Scheijen.</strong></p><p> </p><p>The internationally acclaimed Art Historian <strong>Sjeng Scheijen</strong> will give a fascinating talk at the <strong>MOMus-Museum of Modern Art-Costakis Collection</strong> on the occasion of the recent publication of his book entitled <strong>"The Avant-gardists! Artists in revolt in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union 1917-1935",</strong> <strong>on Thursday, 25 April, 2024, at 17:00.</strong> </p><p>Sjeng Scheijen will be interviewed by Maria Tsantsanoglou, Artistic Director of the Museum, and answer to questions from the audience. </p><p> </p><p>Admission is free, while the discussion will be held in English without translation.</p><p> </p><p><strong>In his talk Sjeng Scheijen will dive into the personal stories of these artists: why did they join the Revolution, how did they want to bring their utopian dreams to life? And how did they cope with the oppression, marginalization, and violence that they had to endure until the end of their lives?</strong></p><p> </p><p>As the writer mentions: “<strong>Artists like Kazimir Malevich, Wassily Kandinsky, Marc Chagall and Vladimir Tatlin, now regarded as some of the most celebrated and influential artists of the 20th century, were during the last years of czarist rule in Russia considered clownish troublemakers at best. But in the years immediate after the Revolution, they rose to sudden fame as they became high-ranking officials in the newly formed Soviet government</strong>. Never before, and never after, were artists of this creative eminence given such political power. They were given the task to reorganize the art world, and to change public space in the big cities, according to the utopian ideals of the Revolution. The Avant-gardists though, were no match for the political games of hardened revolutionaries, and did not hold on to their positions very long. As the Bolsheviks toughened their grip on power the artists were forced to adapt to the new cultural policies and serve the social and political agenda of the state. Those who refused were marginalized, often harassed, and sometimes arrested, tortured, and killed.”</p><p> </p><p><strong>Sjeng Scheijen</strong> received his doctorate from the Slavic Department at Leiden University, is an independent author, curator and researcher. He was cultural attaché at the Royal Dutch Embassy in Moscow, and lived and/or worked in various cities in the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. He is a board member of the Khardzhiev Foundation, based in Amsterdam. He was a member of the Board of Specialists of the Hermitage Amsterdam, and a jury member of the Vermeer Award, the Dutch State prize for the arts. His books, among which is a celebrated biography of Sergei Diaghilev, are translated in nine languages.</p><p> </p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-hide-from-calendar field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Hide From Calendar</div> <div class="field__item">Do not hide</div> </div> Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:31:27 +0000 dimitra.samsaki 2676 at http://backend.momus.gr Πειραματικό Εργαστήριο Ήχου στο MOMus-Μουσείο Μοντέρνας Τέχνης-Συλλογή Κωστάκη με επικεφαλής τον Andrey Smirnov http://backend.momus.gr/el/education/peiramatiko-ergastirio-ihoy-sto-momus-moyseio-monternas-tehnis-syllogi-kostaki-me-0 <span>Experimental Sound Laboratory at MOMus-Museum of Modern Art-Costakis Collection led by Andrey Smirnov</span> <span><span>dimitra.samsaki</span></span> <span><time datetime="2024-04-01T15:38:30+03:00" title="Monday, April 1, 2024 - 15:38">Mon, 04/01/2024 - 15:38</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-education-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Education type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/en/taxonomy/term/10" hreflang="en">Lectures</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-education-image field--type-image field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img src="/sites/default/files/2024-04/The%20Sound%20Machines%20of%20Avant-Garde%20copy.jpg" width="1787" height="1184" alt="lab" loading="lazy" /> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-start-date field--type-timestamp field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Start Date</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2024-04-04T18:00:00+03:00" title="Thursday, April 4, 2024 - 18:00">Thu, 04/04/2024 - 18:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-end-date field--type-timestamp field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">End Date</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2024-06-13T20:00:00+03:00" title="Thursday, June 13, 2024 - 20:00">Thu, 06/13/2024 - 20:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-museum field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Museum</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/en/taxonomy/term/1" hreflang="en">Museum of Modern Art</a></div> </div> <div class="text-content clearfix field field--name-field-body field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p>New lecture dates and a workshop make up the new seminar cycle entitled "The Sound Machines of the Avant-Garde" that will take place at MOMus-Museum of Modern Art-Costakis Collection in Thessaloniki, led by Andrey Smirnov.</p><p> </p><p>The meetings will be held in English, without interpretation, with registration and participation fee for those interested. Find below information on bookings and tuition fees. </p><p> </p><p><strong>Thursday 04 April 2024 | 18:00-20:00</strong></p><p><strong>"Arseny Avraamov: Music of the Future"</strong></p><p>The story of ideas of the composer, theorist and adventurer Arseny Avraamov, who proposed in 1916 in the article ‘Upcoming Science of Music and the New Era in the History of Music’ many new approaches to musical theory as well as future techniques to synthesizing sound.</p><p><strong>*free entrance</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>"Rhythmicon Workshop"</strong></p><p><strong>Saturday 06 April 2024 | 13:00-15:30</strong></p><p>Hot riding the Rhythmicon - the world’s first rhythm machine to play the most complicated polyrhythms, developed in the US in 1931 by the Russian inventor Leon Theremin and American composer Henry Cowell.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Thursday 18 April 2024 | 18:00-20:00</strong></p><p><strong>"Sound out of Paper: The History of the Graphical Sound Techniques"</strong></p><p>The story of the Ornamental and Paper Sound techniques, developed in the early 1930-s in the framework of the Graphical (Drawn) Sound technology of synthesizing sound from light that was developed in Soviet Russia and Germany as a consequence of the newly invented sound-on-film technology. </p><p> </p><p><strong>Thursday 09 May 2024 | 18:00-20:00</strong></p><p><strong>"The program of cartoons with artificial graphical soundtracks"</strong></p><p>The program of cartoons with artificial graphical soundtracks by the IVVOS group (IVanov, VOinov, Sazonov), produced in 1931-1936 as well as graphical soundtracks, created by means of Variophone by Evgeny Scholpo, Georgy Rimsky-Korsakov and Igor Boldirev.</p><p><strong>*free entrance</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Thursday 16 May 2024 | 18:00-20:00</strong></p><p><strong>"Graphical Sound: Variophone"</strong></p><p>The story of the Variophone, which was capable to produce polyphonic, multitimbral artificial soundtracks by means of automated paper sound techniques as well as to simulate more subtle variations in rhythm such as rubato, developed by Evgeny Sholpo and Georgy Rimsky-Korsakov in Leningrad in 1931. </p><p> </p><p><strong>Thursday 23 May 2024 | 18:00-20:00</strong></p><p><strong>"ANS Synthesizer and Artificial Synesthesia"</strong></p><p>The story of the ANS Synthesizer, invented by Evgeny Murzin in 1957, based on a graphical score representing a spectrum of sound, erasing the difference between the pitch harmony structures and the spectral tissue of a sound, reminding the legendary UPIC developed by Iannis Xenakis in 1977.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Thursday 30 May 2024 | 18:00-20:00</strong></p><p><strong>"Noise Machines of Avant-Garde"</strong></p><p>The story of the noise music of the 1920-s which had to embrace all the noises of the mechanical age and the rhythm of the machine. Inventors proceeded to construct special noise instruments, to form noise orchestras, and soon noise symphonies and noise festive performances were composed.</p><p><strong>*free entrance</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Thursday 06 June 2024 | 18:00-20:00</strong></p><p><strong>"Vladimir Popov: the Symphony of Noises"</strong></p><p>The story of the noise machines created by the actor Vladimir Popov in the 1930-s. Among his numerous inventions were the special instruments of the Noise Orchestra as well as an infinite quantity of devices and gadgets by means of which he could solve the most complicated problems of sound design.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Thursday 13 June 2024 | 18:00-20:00</strong></p><p><strong>"Noise Music in the Early Sound Cinema"</strong></p><p>Being largely underestimated and understudied, the Soviet sound cinema in the brief period of 1929-1935 was characterized by numerous extraordinary discoveries in the field of sound technology. Being based on the contrapuntal method, the early soundtracks became masterpieces of early sound art.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Bookings and tuition fees: </strong></p><p>By sending email at <a href="mailto:reception.modern@momus.gr">reception.modern@momus.gr</a>, or by calling at (+30) 2310589143, until Thursday 07 March 2024 at 14:00. First come, first served basis. </p><ul><li>A certificate will be provided by MOMus, after the completion of the circle.</li><li>The lectures will be in English; no translation provided. </li><li>Tuition fees for lectures:<br />For one (1) lecture: 25€ / person, 15€ / person for students (student ID required).<br />For four (4) lectures: 100€ / person, 60€ / person for students (students are required to show their student ID card).</li><li>Fees for the workshop:<br />30€ per person, 20€ reduced price for students (student ID required at the show)<br />For those already participating in the cycle of five paid lectures: 20€/person, 12€/person for students (student ID required).</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Curriculum Vitae</strong></p><p><strong>Andrey Smirnov</strong> is a musical artist and researcher, known worldwide for his innovative teaching method and his research in the fields of electronic music and the history of Avant-Garde music alongside visual arts. He is the founder of the Theremin Centre and has been the Head of Sound Laboratory at the Rodchenko Art – School in Moscow. He teaches courses on the history and aesthetics of electro-acoustic music, sound design and composition, new musical interfaces and physical computing. </p><p> </p><p>Andrey has conducted many workshops and seminars, targeted both at professionals and the general public, in the USA, Europe and Russia and he has participated at significant festivals and conferences. </p><p> </p><p>Andrey Smirnov is the author of the books “Sound In Z: Experiments in Sound and Electronic Music in Early 20th Century Russia” (Walther Koenig &amp; Sound and Music, London, 2013) and “In Search of Lost Sound. Experimental Sound Culture in Russia and USSR in the first half of the 20th century” (Moscow, GARAGE, 2020) (The Book of the Year Award, Innovation 2021).</p><p> </p><p>From September 2023, Andrey works as a special scientific associate at MOMus-Museum of Modern Art-Costakis Collection in Thessaloniki.</p><p> </p><p>The <strong>Experimental Sound Laboratory at MOMus-Museum of Modern Art-Costakis Collection</strong> is based on the historical documents and original electronic musical instruments from the personal collection of Andrey Smirnov relating to that period, and aims at studying the Avant-Garde sound culture and to revive as well as advance the accomplishments of related technologies that proved to be many decades ahead of their time. The value and meaning of these ideas highly exceed the sphere of Russian Avant-Garde. Today, we usually utilize them not being aware of their origins, while multiple ideas evolve in a new, creative manner. </p><p> </p><p>The <strong>Experimental Sound Laboratory</strong> develops educational programmes in the form of lectures and workshops, targeted to musicians and music historians as well as to the general public, with a distinct interest in Russian Avant-Garde, sound and new media art, electronic and electroacoustic music.</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-hide-from-calendar field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Hide From Calendar</div> <div class="field__item">Do not hide</div> </div> Mon, 01 Apr 2024 12:21:31 +0000 dimitra.samsaki 2664 at http://backend.momus.gr Διάλεξη «Terpsitone: Χορεύοντας συντονισμένα» | Σεμιναριακός κύκλος «Η επανάσταση του ήχου» http://backend.momus.gr/el/education/dialexi-terpsitone-horeyontas-syntonismena-seminariakos-kyklos-i-epanastasi-toy-ihoy <span>Lecture “The Terpsitone: Dancing in Tune” | “Sound Revolution” lecture series</span> <span><span>admin</span></span> <span><time datetime="2023-09-22T23:04:36+03:00" title="Friday, September 22, 2023 - 23:04">Fri, 09/22/2023 - 23:04</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-education-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Education type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/en/taxonomy/term/10" hreflang="en">Lectures</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-education-image field--type-image field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img src="/sites/default/files/2023-09/80dfde6c-b568-4d8d-8e60-8d45dc8124e5.jpeg" width="586" height="830" alt="The Terpsitone: Dancing in Tune " loading="lazy" /> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-start-date field--type-timestamp field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Start Date</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2023-10-12T18:00:00+03:00" title="Thursday, October 12, 2023 - 18:00">Thu, 10/12/2023 - 18:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-end-date field--type-timestamp field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">End Date</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2023-10-12T20:00:00+03:00" title="Thursday, October 12, 2023 - 20:00">Thu, 10/12/2023 - 20:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-museum field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Museum</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/en/taxonomy/term/1" hreflang="en">Museum of Modern Art</a></div> </div> <div class="text-content clearfix field field--name-field-body field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p><strong>Experimental Sound Laboratory at MOMus – Museum of Modern Art – Costakis Collection </strong> </p><p><strong>Led by Andrey Smirnov</strong> </p><p><strong>September – October 2023: “Sound Revolution” lecture series </strong> </p><p>  </p><p>Electronic sound, its history, its dimensions and connection with the present constitute the triptych of these seminar constituted of 4 lectures entitled <strong>“Experimental Sound Laboratory at MOMus – Museum of Modern Art – Costakis Collection Led by Andrey Smirnov”</strong> </p><p>  </p><p>The most prolific and adventurous period in the history of sound experimentation and musical technology in Russian Avant-Garde, but also in the broader European Historical Avant-Gardes, is without a doubt that which ranges from 1910 to the end of the 1930s, when musicians turned to studying Physics and the development of pioneering ideas. Mathematicians started studying music theory and the artists that had understood the major principles of acoustics worked on new methods for the synthesis and transformation of sound.  </p><p>  </p><p>The <strong>Experimental Sound Laboratory at MOMus – Museum of Modern Art – Costakis Collection</strong> is based on the historical documents and original electronic musical instruments from the personal collection of Andrey Smirnov relating to that period, and aims at studying the Avant-Garde sound culture and to revive as well as advance the accomplishments of related technologies that proved to be many decades ahead of their time. The value and meaning of these ideas highly exceed the sphere of Russian Avant-Garde. Today, we usually utilize them not being aware of their origins, while multiple ideas evolve in a new, creative manner.  </p><p>  </p><p>The <strong>Experimental Sound Laboratory</strong> will develop educational programs in the form of lectures and workshops, targeted to musicians and music historians as well as to the general public, with a distinct interest in Russian Avant-Garde, sound and new media art, electronic and electroacoustic music.  </p><p>  </p><p><strong>Curriculum Vitae</strong> </p><p><strong>Andrey Smirnov</strong> is a musical artist and researcher, known worldwide for his innovative teaching method and his research in the fields of electronic music and the history of Avant-Garde music alongside visual arts. He is the founder of the Theremin Centre and has been the Head of Sound Laboratory at the Rodchenko Art – School in Moscow. He teaches courses on the history and aesthetics of electro-acoustic music, sound design and composition, new musical interfaces and physical computing.  </p><p>Andrey has conducted many workshops and seminars, targeted both at professionals and the general public, in the USA, Europe and Russia and he has participated at significant festivals and conferences.  </p><p>Andrey Smirnov is the author of the books «Sound In Z: Experiments in Sound and Electronic Music in Early 20th Century Russia» (Walther Koenig &amp; Sound and Music, London, 2013) and «In Search of Lost Sound. Experimental Sound Culture in Russia and USSR in the first half of the 20th century» (Moscow, GARAGE, 2020) (The Book of the Year Award, Innovation 2021). </p><p>From September 2023, Andrey works as a special scientific associate at Momus Museum of Modern Art, Costakis Collection in Thessaloniki.  </p><p>   </p><p><a href="https://momus.gr/en/news/peiramatiko-ergastirio-ihoy-sto-momus-moyseio-monternas-tehnis-syllogi-kostaki-me-epikefalis"><strong>Detailed Lectures’ Program</strong></a><strong> </strong> </p><p>All lectures will be held in English without interpretation.  </p><p>    </p><p><strong>Experimental Sound Laboratory</strong> </p><p><strong>Seminar; Lecture Series 2023: “Sound Revolution”</strong> </p><p><strong>September – October 2023 </strong> </p><p>  </p><p><strong>“The Terpsitone: Dancing in Tune”</strong> </p><p><strong>Thursday 12 October 2023 | 18:00-20:00</strong> </p><p><strong>MOMus Museum of Modern Art, Costakis Collection </strong> </p><p><strong>21st Kolokotroni Street, Moni Lazariston, 56430, Stavroupoli </strong> </p><p>  </p><p>The story of the Terpsitone - the world’s first motion-tracking system built by Leon Theremin in the US in 1931. It was a variation on the famous Theremin, a musical instrument, which one could play without even touching it. But instead of an antenna for the hand it uses an antenna-platform for the whole body. Dancers’ movements are converted into corresponding tones — moving an arm or a leg is sufficient to produce a noticeable change of tone. According to the press of the time: ‘By means of Prof. Theremin’s latest device, a dancer may create music by the movements of her body. A capacity device in the floor is mainly responsible… The inventive genius of Professor Leon Theremin has at last justified a famous poet in his license. Many years ago, Tennyson wrote: “The dancers dancing in tune”. Though it was never mass produced, the Terpsitone has been successfully used in the 1930-s in the US by a group of dancers, collaborating with Leon Theremin. Later two Terpsitones were built in Russia in the 1960-70-s. Andrey Smirnov’s reconstructions of the instrument will be presented to the audience and available for dancing. </p><p>  </p><p><strong>Participation Information:</strong> </p><ul><li>Registrations at <a href="mailto:info.modern@momus.gr">info.modern@momus.gr</a> or at +30 2310 589143, up until Thursday the 28th of September 2023 at 14:00. An order of precedence will be followed.  </li><li>An attendance certificate will be given to participants </li><li>Participation fee:  </li><li>€80 / person,  </li><li>€60 / person for students, upon presentation of a student ID </li><li>Depending on availability, the cost of participation at a 2-hour lecture is €30/person and €20 for students, upon presentation of a student ID </li></ul></div> </div> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 20:02:51 +0000 admin 2588 at http://backend.momus.gr Διάλεξη «Ήχος πέρα από το χαρτί: Η ιστορία των γραφιστικών τεχνικών ήχου» | Σεμιναριακός κύκλος «Η επανάσταση του ήχου» http://backend.momus.gr/el/education/dialexi-ihos-pera-apo-harti-i-istoria-ton-grafistikon-tehnikon-ihoy-seminariakos-kyklos-i <span>Lecture “Sound out of Paper: The History of the Graphical Sound Techniques” | “Sound Revolution” lecture series </span> <span><span>admin</span></span> <span><time datetime="2023-09-22T23:01:46+03:00" title="Friday, September 22, 2023 - 23:01">Fri, 09/22/2023 - 23:01</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-education-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Education type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/en/taxonomy/term/10" hreflang="en">Lectures</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-education-image field--type-image field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img src="/sites/default/files/2023-09/thumbnail%20%281%29_0.jpeg" width="1173" height="830" alt="Sound out of Paper: The History of the Graphical Sound Techniques" loading="lazy" /> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-start-date field--type-timestamp field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Start Date</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2023-10-21T00:00:00+03:00" title="Saturday, October 21, 2023 - 00:00">Sat, 10/21/2023 - 00:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-end-date field--type-timestamp field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">End Date</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2023-10-21T14:00:00+03:00" title="Saturday, October 21, 2023 - 14:00">Sat, 10/21/2023 - 14:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-museum field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Museum</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/en/taxonomy/term/1" hreflang="en">Museum of Modern Art</a></div> </div> <div class="text-content clearfix field field--name-field-body field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p><strong>Experimental Sound Laboratory at MOMus – Museum of Modern Art – Costakis Collection </strong> </p><p><strong>Led by Andrey Smirnov</strong> </p><p><strong>September – October 2023: “Sound Revolution” lecture series </strong> </p><p>  </p><p>Electronic sound, its history, its dimensions and connection with the present constitute the triptych of these seminar constituted of 4 lectures entitled <strong>“Experimental Sound Laboratory at MOMus – Museum of Modern Art – Costakis Collection Led by Andrey Smirnov”</strong> </p><p>  </p><p>The most prolific and adventurous period in the history of sound experimentation and musical technology in Russian Avant-Garde, but also in the broader European Historical Avant-Gardes, is without a doubt that which ranges from 1910 to the end of the 1930s, when musicians turned to studying Physics and the development of pioneering ideas. Mathematicians started studying music theory and the artists that had understood the major principles of acoustics worked on new methods for the synthesis and transformation of sound.  </p><p>  </p><p>The <strong>Experimental Sound Laboratory at MOMus – Museum of Modern Art – Costakis Collection</strong> is based on the historical documents and original electronic musical instruments from the personal collection of Andrey Smirnov relating to that period, and aims at studying the Avant-Garde sound culture and to revive as well as advance the accomplishments of related technologies that proved to be many decades ahead of their time. The value and meaning of these ideas highly exceed the sphere of Russian Avant-Garde. Today, we usually utilize them not being aware of their origins, while multiple ideas evolve in a new, creative manner.  </p><p>  </p><p>The <strong>Experimental Sound Laboratory</strong> will develop educational programs in the form of lectures and workshops, targeted to musicians and music historians as well as to the general public, with a distinct interest in Russian Avant-Garde, sound and new media art, electronic and electroacoustic music.  </p><p>  </p><p><strong>Curriculum Vitae</strong> </p><p><strong>Andrey Smirnov</strong> is a musical artist and researcher, known worldwide for his innovative teaching method and his research in the fields of electronic music and the history of Avant-Garde music alongside visual arts. He is the founder of the Theremin Centre and has been the Head of Sound Laboratory at the Rodchenko Art – School in Moscow. He teaches courses on the history and aesthetics of electro-acoustic music, sound design and composition, new musical interfaces and physical computing.  </p><p>Andrey has conducted many workshops and seminars, targeted both at professionals and the general public, in the USA, Europe and Russia and he has participated at significant festivals and conferences.  </p><p>Andrey Smirnov is the author of the books «Sound In Z: Experiments in Sound and Electronic Music in Early 20th Century Russia» (Walther Koenig &amp; Sound and Music, London, 2013) and «In Search of Lost Sound. Experimental Sound Culture in Russia and USSR in the first half of the 20th century» (Moscow, GARAGE, 2020) (The Book of the Year Award, Innovation 2021). </p><p>From September 2023, Andrey works as a special scientific associate at Momus Museum of Modern Art, Costakis Collection in Thessaloniki.  </p><p>   </p><p><a href="https://momus.gr/en/news/peiramatiko-ergastirio-ihoy-sto-momus-moyseio-monternas-tehnis-syllogi-kostaki-me-epikefalis"><strong>Detailed Lectures’ Program</strong></a><strong> </strong> </p><p>All lectures will be held in English without interpretation.  </p><p>  </p><p><strong>Experimental Sound Laboratory</strong> </p><p><strong>Seminar; Lecture Series 2023: “Sound Revolution”</strong> </p><p><strong>September – October 2023 </strong> </p><p>  </p><p><strong>“Sound out of Paper: The History of the Graphical Sound Techniques”</strong> </p><p><strong>Saturday 21 October 2023 | 12:00-14:00</strong> </p><p><strong>MOMus Museum of Modern Art, Costakis Collection </strong> </p><p><strong>21st Kolokotroni Street, Moni Lazariston, 56430, Stavroupoli </strong> </p><p>  </p><p>The story of the Graphical (Drawn) Sound technology of synthesizing sound from light that was developed in Soviet Russia and Germany in the early 1930-s as a consequence of the newly invented sound-on-film technology. When in October 1929 the first roll of the very first Soviet sound film was developed, the idea was voiced: ‘What if we take some Egyptian or ancient Greek ornaments as a sound track? Perhaps we will hear some unknown archaic music?’ It was at this precise moment that Graphical Sound techniques were invented, which made possible access to sound as a visible graphical trace in a form that could be studied and manipulated such that they could be used to produce any sound at will as well as any polyphonic musical pieces, based on mathematical and acoustical data. The laboratories that were soon created became the first-ever prototypes of the future centres for computer music. During the lecture the unique archival recordings of the artificially synthesized soundtracks will be presented. </p><p>    </p><p><strong>Participation Information:</strong> </p><ul><li>Registrations at <a href="mailto:info.modern@momus.gr">info.modern@momus.gr</a> or at +30 2310 589143, up until Thursday the 28th of September 2023 at 14:00. An order of precedence will be followed.  </li><li>An attendance certificate will be given to participants </li><li>Participation fee:  </li><li>€80 / person,  </li><li>€60 / person for students, upon presentation of a student ID </li><li><p>Depending on availability, the cost of participation at a 2-hour lecture is €30/person and €20 for students, upon presentation of a student ID </p><p><br /> </p></li></ul></div> </div> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 19:56:13 +0000 admin 2587 at http://backend.momus.gr Διάλεξη «Rhythmicon: Ο εξηλεκτρισμός του ρυθμού» | Σεμιναριακός κύκλος «Η επανάσταση του ήχου» http://backend.momus.gr/el/education/dialexi-rhythmicon-o-exilektrismos-toy-rythmoy-seminariakos-kyklos-i-epanastasi-toy-ihoy <span>Lecture “The Rhythmicon: Electrification of Rhythm” | “Sound Revolution” lecture series</span> <span><span>admin</span></span> <span><time datetime="2023-09-22T22:54:40+03:00" title="Friday, September 22, 2023 - 22:54">Fri, 09/22/2023 - 22:54</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-education-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Education type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/en/taxonomy/term/10" hreflang="en">Lectures</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-education-image field--type-image field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img src="/sites/default/files/2023-09/rhythm1_0.jpg" width="960" height="636" alt="The Rhythmicon: Electrification of Rhythm" loading="lazy" /> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-start-date field--type-timestamp field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Start Date</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2023-10-07T00:00:00+03:00" title="Saturday, October 7, 2023 - 00:00">Sat, 10/07/2023 - 00:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-end-date field--type-timestamp field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">End Date</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2023-10-07T14:00:00+03:00" title="Saturday, October 7, 2023 - 14:00">Sat, 10/07/2023 - 14:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-museum field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Museum</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/en/taxonomy/term/1" hreflang="en">Museum of Modern Art</a></div> </div> <div class="text-content clearfix field field--name-field-body field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p><strong>Experimental Sound Laboratory at MOMus – Museum of Modern Art – Costakis Collection </strong> </p><p><strong>Led by Andrey Smirnov</strong> </p><p><strong>September – October 2023: “Sound Revolution” lecture series </strong> </p><p>  </p><p>Electronic sound, its history, its dimensions and connection with the present constitute the triptych of these seminar constituted of 4 lectures entitled <strong>“Experimental Sound Laboratory at MOMus – Museum of Modern Art – Costakis Collection Led by Andrey Smirnov”</strong> </p><p>  </p><p>The most prolific and adventurous period in the history of sound experimentation and musical technology in Russian Avant-Garde, but also in the broader European Historical Avant-Gardes, is without a doubt that which ranges from 1910 to the end of the 1930s, when musicians turned to studying Physics and the development of pioneering ideas. Mathematicians started studying music theory and the artists that had understood the major principles of acoustics worked on new methods for the synthesis and transformation of sound.  </p><p>  </p><p>The <strong>Experimental Sound Laboratory at MOMus – Museum of Modern Art – Costakis Collection</strong> is based on the historical documents and original electronic musical instruments from the personal collection of Andrey Smirnov relating to that period, and aims at studying the Avant-Garde sound culture and to revive as well as advance the accomplishments of related technologies that proved to be many decades ahead of their time. The value and meaning of these ideas highly exceed the sphere of Russian Avant-Garde. Today, we usually utilize them not being aware of their origins, while multiple ideas evolve in a new, creative manner.  </p><p>  </p><p>The <strong>Experimental Sound Laboratory</strong> will develop educational programs in the form of lectures and workshops, targeted to musicians and music historians as well as to the general public, with a distinct interest in Russian Avant-Garde, sound and new media art, electronic and electroacoustic music.  </p><p>  </p><p><strong>Curriculum Vitae</strong> </p><p><strong>Andrey Smirnov</strong> is a musical artist and researcher, known worldwide for his innovative teaching method and his research in the fields of electronic music and the history of Avant-Garde music alongside visual arts. He is the founder of the Theremin Centre and has been the Head of Sound Laboratory at the Rodchenko Art – School in Moscow. He teaches courses on the history and aesthetics of electro-acoustic music, sound design and composition, new musical interfaces and physical computing.  </p><p>Andrey has conducted many workshops and seminars, targeted both at professionals and the general public, in the USA, Europe and Russia and he has participated at significant festivals and conferences.  </p><p>Andrey Smirnov is the author of the books «Sound In Z: Experiments in Sound and Electronic Music in Early 20th Century Russia» (Walther Koenig &amp; Sound and Music, London, 2013) and «In Search of Lost Sound. Experimental Sound Culture in Russia and USSR in the first half of the 20th century» (Moscow, GARAGE, 2020) (The Book of the Year Award, Innovation 2021). </p><p>From September 2023, Andrey works as a special scientific associate at Momus Museum of Modern Art, Costakis Collection in Thessaloniki.  </p><p>  </p><p><a href="https://momus.gr/en/news/peiramatiko-ergastirio-ihoy-sto-momus-moyseio-monternas-tehnis-syllogi-kostaki-me-epikefalis"><strong>Detailed Lectures’ Program</strong></a><strong> </strong> </p><p>All lectures will be held in English without interpretation.  </p><p>  </p><p><strong>Experimental Sound Laboratory</strong> </p><p><strong>Seminar; Lecture Series 2023: “Sound Revolution”</strong> </p><p><strong>September – October 2023 </strong> </p><p>  </p><p><strong>“The Rhythmicon: Electrification of Rhythm”</strong> </p><p><strong>Saturday 07 October 2023 | 12:00-14:00</strong> </p><p><strong>MOMus Museum of Modern Art, Costakis Collection </strong> </p><p><strong>21st Kolokotroni Street, Moni Lazariston, 56430, Stavroupoli </strong> </p><p>  </p><p>The story of the Rhythmicon - the world’s first rhythm machine, developed in the US in 1931 by the Russian inventor Leon Theremin and American composer Henry Cowell. The project was financially supported by Charles Ives and realized in collaboration with Ukraine born composer and theorist Joseph Schillinger. Henry Cowell wrote a number of compositions for it, including Rhythmicana (Concerto for Rhythmicon and Orchestra (1931)) and Music for Violin and Rhythmicon (1932). Though it was never mass produced, the Rhythmicon is widely acknowledged as the world’s first device – able to play polyrhythms in loops. Joseph Schillinger calculated that it would take 455 days, 2 hours and 30 minutes to play all the rhythm combinations available on the Rhythmicon, assuming an average duration of ten seconds for each combination. Today, its uniqueness and rarity continue to hold a fascination for musicians across the world. One of two survived machines will be presented to the audience. </p><p>  </p><p><strong>Participation Information:</strong> </p><ul><li>Registrations at <a href="mailto:info.modern@momus.gr">info.modern@momus.gr</a> or at +30 2310 589143, up until Thursday the 28th of September 2023 at 14:00. An order of precedence will be followed.  </li><li>An attendance certificate will be given to participants </li><li>Participation fee:  </li><li>€80 / person,  </li><li>€60 / person for students, upon presentation of a student ID </li><li>Depending on availability, the cost of participation at a 2-hour lecture is €30/person and €20 for students, upon presentation of a student ID </li></ul></div> </div> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 19:51:32 +0000 admin 2586 at http://backend.momus.gr Διάλεξη «Οι επαναστατικές μηχανές ήχου» | Σεμιναριακός κύκλος «Η επανάσταση του ήχου» http://backend.momus.gr/el/education/dialexi-oi-epanastatikes-mihanes-ihoy-seminariakos-kyklos-i-epanastasi-toy-ihoy <span>Lecture “The Revolutionary Sound Machines” | “Sound Revolution” lecture series </span> <span><span>admin</span></span> <span><time datetime="2023-09-22T22:48:05+03:00" title="Friday, September 22, 2023 - 22:48">Fri, 09/22/2023 - 22:48</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-education-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Education type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/en/taxonomy/term/10" hreflang="en">Lectures</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-education-image field--type-image field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img src="/sites/default/files/2023-09/rsm2_0.jpg" width="960" height="636" alt="The Revolutionary Sound Machines" loading="lazy" /> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-education-exhibition field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Education Exhibition</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/en/exhibitions/stereoma-electroacoustic-music-and-audiovisual-arts-festival" hreflang="en">&quot;Stereoma&quot;: Electroacoustic Music and Audiovisual Arts Festival</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-start-date field--type-timestamp field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Start Date</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2023-09-28T18:00:00+03:00" title="Thursday, September 28, 2023 - 18:00">Thu, 09/28/2023 - 18:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-end-date field--type-timestamp field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">End Date</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2023-09-28T20:00:00+03:00" title="Thursday, September 28, 2023 - 20:00">Thu, 09/28/2023 - 20:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-museum field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Museum</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/en/taxonomy/term/3" hreflang="en">Thessaloniki Museum of Photography</a></div> </div> <div class="text-content clearfix field field--name-field-body field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p><strong>Experimental Sound Laboratory at MOMus – Museum of Modern Art – Costakis Collection </strong> </p><p><strong>Led by Andrey Smirnov</strong> </p><p><strong>September – October 2023: “Sound Revolution” lecture series </strong> </p><p>Electronic sound, its history, its dimensions and connection with the present constitute the triptych of these seminar constituted of 4 lectures entitled <strong>“Experimental Sound Laboratory at MOMus – Museum of Modern Art – Costakis Collection Led by Andrey Smirnov”</strong>   </p><p>The most prolific and adventurous period in the history of sound experimentation and musical technology in Russian Avant-Garde, but also in the broader European Historical Avant-Gardes, is without a doubt that which ranges from 1910 to the end of the 1930s, when musicians turned to studying Physics and the development of pioneering ideas. Mathematicians started studying music theory and the artists that had understood the major principles of acoustics worked on new methods for the synthesis and transformation of sound.  </p><p>The <strong>Experimental Sound Laboratory at MOMus – Museum of Modern Art – Costakis Collection</strong> is based on the historical documents and original electronic musical instruments from the personal collection of Andrey Smirnov relating to that period, and aims at studying the Avant-Garde sound culture and to revive as well as advance the accomplishments of related technologies that proved to be many decades ahead of their time. The value and meaning of these ideas highly exceed the sphere of Russian Avant-Garde. Today, we usually utilize them not being aware of their origins, while multiple ideas evolve in a new, creative manner.  </p><p>The <strong>Experimental Sound Laboratory</strong> will develop educational programs in the form of lectures and workshops, targeted to musicians and music historians as well as to the general public, with a distinct interest in Russian Avant-Garde, sound and new media art, electronic and electroacoustic music.  </p><p><strong>Curriculum Vitae</strong> </p><p><strong>Andrey Smirnov</strong> is a musical artist and researcher, known worldwide for his innovative teaching method and his research in the fields of electronic music and the history of Avant-Garde music alongside visual arts. He is the founder of the Theremin Centre and has been the Head of Sound Laboratory at the Rodchenko Art – School in Moscow. He teaches courses on the history and aesthetics of electro-acoustic music, sound design and composition, new musical interfaces and physical computing.  </p><p>Andrey has conducted many workshops and seminars, targeted both at professionals and the general public, in the USA, Europe and Russia and he has participated at significant festivals and conferences.  </p><p>Andrey Smirnov is the author of the books «Sound In Z: Experiments in Sound and Electronic Music in Early 20th Century Russia» (Walther Koenig &amp; Sound and Music, London, 2013) and «In Search of Lost Sound. Experimental Sound Culture in Russia and USSR in the first half of the 20th century» (Moscow, GARAGE, 2020) (The Book of the Year Award, Innovation 2021). </p><p>From September 2023, Andrey works as a special scientific associate at Momus Museum of Modern Art, Costakis Collection in Thessaloniki.  </p><p><a href="https://momus.gr/en/news/peiramatiko-ergastirio-ihoy-sto-momus-moyseio-monternas-tehnis-syllogi-kostaki-me-epikefalis"><strong>Detailed Lectures’ Program</strong></a> </p><p>All lectures will be held in English without interpretation.  </p><p><strong>Experimental Sound Laboratory</strong> </p><p><strong>Seminar; Lecture Series 2023: “Sound Revolution”</strong> </p><p><strong>September – October 2023 </strong> </p><p><strong>«The Revolutionary Sound Machines»</strong> </p><p><strong>Thursday, 28 September 2023 | 18:00-20:00</strong> </p><p><strong>Momus – Thessaloniki Museum of Photography</strong> </p><p><strong>Warehouse A, Pier A, Thessaloniki Port Area</strong></p><p>While the 20th Century is one of the most over-documented in the history of the world, yet it seems, the history of experimental and electronic sound and music, and the impact that it has had on our culture, is largely unknown even by authoritative scholars. The lecture gives an overview of some of the most important and radical inventions, made in the 1920-30-s by Soviet inventors. Living in famine and poverty, creative people were dreaming about the art, music and science of the future, where everything would be different — a perfect man, a classless society, a perfect science and technology. The Theremin and the Rhythmicon, early synthesizers, noise orchestras, graphical sound, syntones and audio computing — these were just a few of the Soviet experiments in music technology and sound art developed by the artists, actors, filmmakers and poets. Many inventors patented new sound machines intended specially for performance of the noise music. Some devices based on electro-optical, electro-mechanical and newest electronic technologies were ahead of their time by decades.   </p><p><em>The lecture is held within the framework of the Electroacoustic Music and Audiovisual Arts Festival “Stereoma” implemented at the venue. </em> </p><p>Participation Information: </p><ul><li>Registrations at <a href="mailto:info.modern@momus.gr">info.modern@momus.gr</a> or at +30 2310 589143, up until Thursday the 28th of September 2023 at 14:00. An order of precedence will be followed.  </li><li>An attendance certificate will be given to participants </li><li>Participation fee:  </li><li>€80 / person,  </li><li>€60 / person for students, upon presentation of a student ID </li><li>Depending on availability, the cost of participation at a 2-hour lecture is €30/person and €20 for students, upon presentation of a student ID </li></ul></div> </div> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 19:44:24 +0000 admin 2585 at http://backend.momus.gr Διάλεξη-Performance της Judith Raum «Anni and the Feline», 2019/22 http://backend.momus.gr/el/education/dialexi-performance-tis-judith-raum-anni-and-feline-201922 <span>Lecture-Performance by Judith Raum “Anni and the Feline”, 2019/22</span> <span><span>admin</span></span> <span><time datetime="2023-07-16T01:03:12+03:00" title="Sunday, July 16, 2023 - 01:03">Sun, 07/16/2023 - 01:03</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-education-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Education type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/en/taxonomy/term/10" hreflang="en">Lectures</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-education-image field--type-image field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img src="/sites/default/files/2023-07/JudithRaum.jpg" width="992" height="674" alt="Judith Raum Anni and the Feline" loading="lazy" /> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-start-date field--type-timestamp field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Start Date</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2022-04-29T17:00:00+03:00" title="Friday, April 29, 2022 - 17:00">Fri, 04/29/2022 - 17:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-end-date field--type-timestamp field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">End Date</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2022-04-29T17:00:00+03:00" title="Friday, April 29, 2022 - 17:00">Fri, 04/29/2022 - 17:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-museum field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Museum</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/en/taxonomy/term/4" hreflang="en">Experimental Center for the Arts</a></div> </div> <div class="text-content clearfix field field--name-field-body field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p align="center"><strong>Lecture-</strong><strong>Performance </strong><strong>by</strong><strong> Judith Raum</strong><strong> “</strong><strong>Anni and the Feline</strong><strong>”</strong><strong>, 2019/22</strong></p><p align="center"><strong>MOMus-Experimental Center for the Arts</strong></p><p align="center"><strong>(Warehouse </strong><strong>Β</strong><strong>1, Pier </strong><strong>Α</strong><strong>, Thessaloniki port)</strong><strong></strong></p><p align="center"><strong>Friday, April 29, 2022, 19:00</strong></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In this lecture performance under the title “Anni and the Feline” which was first produced for a Bauhaus symposium at Yale School of Architecture in 2019 and now is re-staged at MOMus-Experimental Center for the Arts, Berlin-based artist Judith Raum deals with the textile workshop at the Bauhaus at the transition to National Socialism in Germany.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Interweaving projected imagery, text and sculptural actions, “Anni and the Feline” addresses textile materials that have long been believed to be lost and were rediscovered by the artist: translucent lace nets for the window, delicate materials that despite their soft appearance did not remain untouched by the changing political circumstances in Germany around 1933. The lecture performance also addresses the opposite professional positioning of individual Bauhaus designers, such as Otti Berger and Lilly Reich, during the Third Reich.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The event is coproduced by Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki, as part of the on show exhibition “The Event as a Thread” at MOMus-Experimental Center for the Arts.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The lecture will be held in English.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Reserve your seat on tel. (+30) 2310 593270 or/and <a href="mailto:reception.experimental@momus.gr">reception.experimental@momus.gr</a>. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span>Entry to the MOMus museums is allowed </span><span>only</span><span> after presenting either a certificate of vaccination or recovery from SARS-Cov-2 (</span><span>in the last 3</span><span> months)</span><span> or the EU Digital COVID Certificate. Visitors must bring with them either their Police Identity Card or their passport, as their identity will be checked against the certificate. The use of masks is mandatory for everyone without exception for the duration of their stay in the indoor spaces of the MOMus museums.</span></p></div> </div> Sat, 15 Jul 2023 22:03:12 +0000 admin 2083 at http://backend.momus.gr