[microsound-announce] Her Noise: Feminisms & the Sonic

[Jennifer Tomomitsu]

HER NOISE: FEMINISMS AND THE SONIC
TATE MODERN, LONDON MAY 3-5, 2012
A Collaboration between CRiSAP Electra and Tate

This programme brings together performances and a keynote talk by Pauline Oliveros; an evening orbiting the legacy of Meredith Monk; and a day symposium with contributions by Ute Meta Bauer, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Nina Power, Tara Rodgers and others.

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THURSDAY MAY 3RD 19.00
Artist Talk and Performance: Pauline Oliveros

Pioneering composer, performer and humanitarian Pauline Oliveros, who celebrates her 80th birthday this year, gives a solo performance of 'Listening for Life/Death Energies' and a talk entitled 'Archiving the Future: the embodiment Music of Women', followed by a perform­ance of her seminal piece "To Valerie Solanas and Marilyn Monroe in Recognition of their Desperation" (1970). Includes a special en­semble of performers such as Angharad Davies, Cathy Lane, Rachel Aggs, Naomi Graham, Greta Pistacci, Holly Ingleton, Lina Lapelyte, Lucy Railton, Maggie Nichols, Sarha Moore, Sharon Gal, Verity Sus­man and Viv Corringham. [X]
FRIDAY, MAY 4TH 19.00
The Voice Is A Language: Curated film programme and performances

This performance and screening programme orbits the legacy of avant-garde pioneer Meredith Monk. Featuring work by artists Sophie Macpherson, James Richards, Cara Tolmie and Sue Tompkins and rare­ly seen films by Monk - curated by Isla Leaver-Yap. Meredith Monk, '16mm Earrings', 1966, performance.

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SATURDAY, MAY 5TH, 11:00 - 18.00
SYMPOSIUM: FEMINISMS AND THE SONIC

Exploring and developing emergent feminist discourses in sound and music, whilst challenging standard readings and approaches to femi­nisms and the sonic, this symposium brings together contributions by musicians, artists, academics and writers, including Ute Meta Bauer, Sonia Boyce, Georgina Born, Viv Corringham, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Lina Dzuverovic, Catherine Grant, Emma Hedditch, Anne Karpf, Cathy Lane, Anne Hilde Neset, Maggie Nichols, Nina Power, Tara Rodgers, Salomé Voegelin.
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This programme marks the donation of the Her Noise Archive to the University of the Arts London Archives and Special Collections housed at London College of Communication, and is realised as a collaboration between CRiSAP (Creative Research into Sound Arts Practice), Electra and Tate.

For further information please visit the Archives and Special Collections Centre: http://www.arts.ac.uk/library/archives-collections/archivesspecialcollectionscentre/vis­itingthearchive/

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