Exhibitions
Kunstsammlung Gera and
Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Gera
02.07.–19.09.2021
Musée d’art et d’histoire Paul Éluard, Saint-Denis
20.5. – 07.11.2022
Polyphon / Polyphone Mehrstimmigkeit in Bild und Ton Polyphonies visuelles et sonores
The publication accompanying the eponymous exhibition brings together works by more than 20 international artists that focus on the encounter of multiple voices and sounds. Polyphone deals with perceptual aspects, as well as with the socio-cultural and political dimensions of polyphony. Here, polyphony refers to both the musical term and the linguistic definition according to Mikhail Bakhtin, who points to the articulation of opposing systems of expression and perspectives. Whether in the context of the desire for unification through sound experiences or the representation of conflicts, the meaning of polyphony in contemporary society is called into question. The central theme is the impact and power of plural sounds in contemporary art.
Artists: Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Félicia Atkinson, Oliver Beer, Candice Breitz, Carlfriedrich Claus, Kazumichi Fujiwara, institute for incongruous translation (Natascha Sadr Haghighian und Ashkan Sepahvand), Rolf Julius, Euridice Zaituna Kala, Christina Kubisch, Rie Nakajima, Olaf Nicolai, Vincent Meessen, Ari Benjamin Meyers, Max Neuhaus, Ute Pleuger, Matthieu Saladin, Lerato Shadi, Dennis Tyfus, Jorinde Voigt
Hardcover
16,5 x 23 cm
288 pages
67 color and b/w illustrations
German, French
Available
ISBN 978-3-96900-055-7
2021
Editors:
Claudia Tittel, Anne Zeitz
Design:
Elsa Kuno
Product information "Polyphon / Polyphone"
The publication accompanying the eponymous exhibition brings together works by more than 20 international artists that focus on the encounter of multiple voices and sounds. Polyphone deals with perceptual aspects, as well as with the socio-cultural and political dimensions of polyphony. Here, polyphony refers to both the musical term and the linguistic definition according to Mikhail Bakhtin, who points to the articulation of opposing systems of expression and perspectives. Whether in the context of the desire for unification through sound experiences or the representation of conflicts, the meaning of polyphony in contemporary society is called into question. The central theme is the impact and power of plural sounds in contemporary art.
Artists: Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Félicia Atkinson, Oliver Beer, Candice Breitz, Carlfriedrich Claus, Kazumichi Fujiwara, institute for incongruous translation (Natascha Sadr Haghighian und Ashkan Sepahvand), Rolf Julius, Euridice Zaituna Kala, Christina Kubisch, Rie Nakajima, Olaf Nicolai, Vincent Meessen, Ari Benjamin Meyers, Max Neuhaus, Ute Pleuger, Matthieu Saladin, Lerato Shadi, Dennis Tyfus, Jorinde Voigt
Hardcover
16,5 x 23 cm
288 pages
67 color and b/w illustrations
German, French
Available
ISBN 978-3-96900-055-7
2021
Editors:
Claudia Tittel, Anne Zeitz
Design:
Elsa Kuno
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