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• 15 avr 2016

  Nicosia

  Call for papers - Modern

  From Xenakis to the present: the Continuum in music and architecture

  Continuum 2016

  Since the Classical era and the Middle Ages, and in particular since Plato’s Timeus, the concept of continuum has preoccupied thinkers. In the early 20^th century, this notion was reactivated by the theory of relativity as well as other theories such as the uncertainty principle, changing our perception of the world, and consequently artistic discourse. We propose to examine where we are today in terms of the concept of continuum, both in theory and in practice. An interdisciplinary approach will enable us to evaluate the relevancy of this notion, comparing and contrasting it with other methodologies, during this international conference.

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• 03 nov 2015

  04 nov 2015

  Darnétal | Mont-Saint-Aignan

  Conference, symposium - Modern

  From Xenakis to the present day: the Continuum and its development in music and architecture

  Since Antiquity and the Middle Ages, across all civilizations and religions, the concept of continuum has fascinated thinkers. In the early XX^th century, the theory of relativity revolutionized our way of seeing the world as well as artistic discourse. This upheaval also coincided with technological advances and the end of the Romantic model. During the middle of the last century artists, in turn, transformed these new physical and metaphysical concepts into a tool for creation. Iannis Xenakis paved the way both in his music (outside-time/intime structures, sound grains ...) and in his architecture (ruled surfaces and volumetric architecture, polytopes ...). More than ever, today, continuum is at the heart of creative thinking, therefore of the arts of the XXI^st century.

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• 15 avr 2015

  Mont-Saint-Aignan | Darnétal

  Call for papers - Modern

  From Xenakis to the present day: the continuum and its development in music and architecture

  Depuis l’Antiquité et le Moyen Âge, et plus particulièrement depuis Le Timée de Platon, la notion de continuum a préoccupé les penseurs. Le début du XX^e siècle, avec les théories de la relativité et celle du principe d’incertitude, entre autres, réactivent les interrogations autour de ce concept tout en bouleversant notre vision du monde, et par contrecoup les discours artistiques. Si ce bouleversement correspond aux avancées technologiques et à l'épuisement du modèle romantique, c’est seulement vers le milieu du XX^e siècle que les artistes ont adopté ces nouvelles notions physiques et métaphysiques, alors matrices de leurs productions architecturales et musicales.

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