Event overview
Curatorial Composing
“Curators” appear in history when faith in traditional models of value declines precipitously and everything appears up for grabs. This was the case for early modern science displacing Biblical law by establishing new credentials for universal truths; for the gallery arts in transitioning from the ‘purely visual’ mediums of painting and sculpture; and more recently for music with the collapse of ‘classical’ privilege and the musical work concept. Approached through the late work of John Cage, and building on the work of colleagues in Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, I propose Curatorial Composing as an immanent mode of producing public encounters that stage the issue of authority without dependence on any external frame, foundational logic, theory, or law.
About the speaker
Ed McKeon works with musicians and artists at the points where music indisciplines others—whether theatre, installation, or performance—collaborating with artists from Pauline Oliveros to Heiner Goebbels, Elliott Sharp to Jennifer Walshe, and Kuljit Bhamra to Brian Eno. He has presented Hear and Now (BBC Radio 3); was artistic director of the British Composer Awards; and continues as Vice Chair of the British section of the ISCM. He leads an MA module on Music Management at Goldsmiths and completed his PhD on musicality and the curatorial in October 2021. His book on Heiner Goebbels and Curatorial Composing is due to be published by Cambridge University Press later in 2022.
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Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 16 Feb 2023 | 6:00pm - 7:30pm |
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