Other Spaces – Other Sound Spaces. Space as a Catalyst for an Art of Openness Paper within the framework of the “6th International Conference on Visual and Performing Arts”, 1-4 June 2015, Athens (Greece)

10:00 Paper, Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), Athens (Greece)

When musicians leave their customary rehearsal and performance spaces and one day play their instruments in a park or in a cemetery or start singing while up in a tree, or in a barber’s chair or even lying under a pile of rocks (see film examples), then it usually involves more than just a superficial change in location. A deep-seated longing is often behind this relocation -- a desire to sweep away the connotations that the standard spaces and sound spaces have in the university establishment with their conventional rituals – a wish to discover one’s own spaces for action and thought in terms of an art and culture of openness.

Complete Abstract: Other Spaces – Other Sound Spaces. Space as a Catalyst for an Art of Openness (PDF)