Event overview
Composer and Sound Artist Jonathan Owen Clark will give a talk on "Schoenberg, Adorno and Badiou. Truth-Event versus Truth Content"
The varied compositional output of Arnold Schoenberg has always divided musical theoreticians, particularly in relation to philosophical models of ‘truth’ in the arts. On the one hand, Theodor Adorno saw Schoenberg as the prime example of compositional truth in relation to the how the composer negotiates the tension between musical material handed down by history, and its subsequent organisation in a musical work. On the other hand, and in complete contrast, Alain Badiou sees Schoenberg as a unique figure within twentieth century music for his inauguration of, and fidelity to, the twelve-tone technique; a formalisation of musical material that can survive ‘out of history’. Who is right? This talk will suggest that a suitable notion of artistic truth can be derived from both of these extremes.
Jonathan Owen Clark is an artist and academic with research interests in philosophical aesthetics; intellectual history and historiography; cultural and critical theory and performance studies. He is currently Head of Research at Trinity Laban Conservatoire where he leads a doctoral research programme in aesthetics and creative practice. Previous positions have been at Brunel University and at the International Centre for Music Studies, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He is also an active composer and sound artist.
Free event, all welcome
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 7 Dec 2015 | 6:00pm - 7:30pm |
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