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FORMANT / FORMS OF LISTENING TO FORMS
Sound Art, an artistic notion, a category of Sonic Arts, has been frequently mentioned since 2000 among Chinese communities who shared different cultural background, from experimental music to contemporary art, from press to public. But the notion Sound Art is not clear enough, its definition, perception, critic, performance/exhibition organization, historical and theoretical systems are missing. The reason of these absences is the forgetfulness towards Listening in the contemporary visual-based culture context.
Since 2011, sound artists Luca Forcucci and Yin Yi launched a sound art project in Shanghai through a series of exhibitions, lectures, performances and conferences to push forwards the construction of Sound Art in a healthy format in China.
FORMANT / FORMS OF LISTENING TO FORMS is the main exhibition that belongs to this project, five international sound artists are invited to show their most recent artworks. This exhibition proposes reflection, research and working methods on Sound as a material, media, aesthetics and concept. The artists from different cultural background juxtapose their thoughts.
Artists:
Lawrence English (Australia), Luca Forcucci (Switzerland/Italy), Yan Jun, Yin Yi, and Zhang Ding.
Host: VART CENTER
Address: 210, Building 3, No. 50 Mo Gan Shan Road (Inside the M50 Art Area)
From March 30th to May 24th
Vernissage: 19:00, March 30th
Two sound performances from the artists will be accompany the exhibition:
Concert A: 19:00, March 30th (on the vernissage)
Concert B: 15:30, April 14th
Tow lectures:
A: “Sonic Arts – The History and Now”
Guest speaker:Yin Yi, Luca Forcucci, Yan Jun Interpreter: Gu Ling
Saturday, March 31st 19:00
Rockbond Art Museum 2F, No.20 Huqiu Road.
B: “Sound Art from a Gallery Perspective : Issues on appreciation and its value”
Guest speaker:Yin Yi, Luca Forcucci
Thursday, April 12th, 19:30
Art+ Shanghai Gallery 22 Fumin road, house#2(near Yan’an Road)
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