{"id":46,"date":"2021-04-04T13:49:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T11:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.issue-journal.ch\/cityvolume\/?p=46"},"modified":"2021-04-20T18:34:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T16:34:08","slug":"city-volume-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.blog.issue-journal.ch\/cityvolume\/2021\/04\/04\/city-volume-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"City Volume : statement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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L’\u00e9v\u00e9nement City Volume, qui a eu lieu au TCC au Caire en Egypte du 8 au 19 avril, \u00e9tait compos\u00e9 d’une exposition et d’un cycle de performance (le samedi 10 avril). Il a regroup\u00e9 un ensemble d’artistes internationaux qui questionne l’urbanisme sous l’angle de l’art sonore. En voici le statement. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The City Volume event, which took place at the TCC in Cairo, Egypt, from April 8 to 19, was composed of an exhibition and a performance cycle (on Saturday April 10). It brings together a group of international artists who question urbanism from the perspective of sound art. Here is the statement.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Text by Isis Fahmy, Duncan MacDonald et Beno\u00eet Renaudin \/ English version below<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

D\u00e8s qu’un son est cr\u00e9\u00e9, il se dissipe dans l’espace. Il en est de m\u00eame lorsque nous essayons de lui d\u00e9finir des cadres physiques, conceptuels et spirituels, pour \u00e9ventuellement atteindre une forme d’\u00e9quilibre psychologique, le son contrecarre toutes ces d\u00e9finitions rassurantes pour emplir la m\u00e9moire (surtout depuis l\u2019introduction des technologies d’enregistrement et de lecture). Comment et pourquoi organisons-nous, remixons-nous et \u00e9tudions-nous les couches urbaines du d\u00e9sordre sonore ? Quelles nouvelles connaissances pourraient \u00eatre cr\u00e9\u00e9es ce faisant ? Le Caire, qui est consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme la deuxi\u00e8me ville la plus bruyante de la plan\u00e8te, est remplie de bruits qui ont une abondance de significations politiques, sociales, existentielles et pratiques. Du klaxon d’une voiture et de son lexique aux diverses significations, en passant par les appels de vendeurs annon\u00e7ant leurs marchandises avec des timbres uniques, le son joue ici un r\u00f4le puissant dans les n\u00e9gociations quotidiennes. Comment les artistes pourraient-ils structurer et utiliser cette cacophonie \u00e0 des fins de cr\u00e9ation artistique tout en examinant de mani\u00e8re critique son audition originale et son cadre contextuel ? En outre, comment les \u00e9v\u00e9nements sonores peuvent-ils \u00eatre cartographi\u00e9s et faire \u00e9cho \u00e0 une signification politique, sociale et pratique – r\u00e9sonnant longtemps apr\u00e8s qu’un son se soit effac\u00e9 dans la m\u00e9moire ? Ce groupement international d’artistes travaillant avec le son explore tout, du banal au sublime, en faisant de la recherche sur l’acoust\u00e9mologie en tant que fondement de l’art, du design et de la technologie – ce qui incite le public \u00e0 consid\u00e9rer l’oralit\u00e9 comme la cl\u00e9 de la cr\u00e9ation du savoir. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ainsi, nous proposons de cr\u00e9er un \u00e9v\u00e9nement sp\u00e9cifique o\u00f9 les \u0153uvres expos\u00e9es et les artistes venant d’Egypte et de Suisse pourront explorer la ville du Caire par le son et entrer \u00e0 leur tour en dialogue. Le programme de commissariat proposera donc une exposition qui int\u00e9grera diff\u00e9rents formats (installation sonore, vid\u00e9o, performance, etc.), produira un catalogue qui documentera cette recherche, et cr\u00e9era un blog en ligne pour des travaux plus compl\u00e9mentaires sur le sujet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

English Version<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As soon as a sound is created, it dissipates into space. The same is true when we try to define physical, conceptual, and spiritual frameworks for it, to eventually achieve some form of psychological equilibrium, sound thwarts all such reassuring definitions to fill the memory (especially since the introduction of recording and playback technologies). How and why do we organize, remix, and study the urban layers of sonic clutter? What new knowledge might be created in the process? Cairo, which is considered the second noisiest city on the planet, is filled with noises that have an abundance of political, social, existential, and practical meanings. From a car horn and its lexicon of diverse meanings, to the calls of vendors announcing their wares with unique stamps, sound plays a powerful role in daily negotiations here. How might artists structure and utilize this cacophony for artistic creation while critically examining its original hearing and contextual framework? Furthermore, how can sound events be mapped and echoed with political, social, and practical meaning – resonating long after a sound has faded into memory? This international grouping of artists working with sound explores everything from the mundane to the sublime, researching acoustheology as a foundation for art, design, and technology-encouraging audiences to consider orality as the key to creating knowledge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, we propose to create a specific event where the exhibited works and the artists coming from Egypt and Switzerland will be able to explore the city of Cairo through sound and enter into a dialogue in turn. The curatorial program will therefore propose an exhibition that will integrate different formats (sound installation, video, performance, etc.), produce a catalog that will document this research, and create an online blog for more complementary work on the subject.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

L’\u00e9v\u00e9nement City Volume, qui a eu lieu au TCC au Caire en Egypte du 8 au 19 avril, \u00e9tait compos\u00e9 d’une exposition et d’un cycle de performance (le samedi 10 avril). Il a regroup\u00e9 un ensemble d’artistes internationaux qui questionne l’urbanisme sous l’angle de l’art sonore. En voici le statement. The City Volume event, which […]<\/p>\n

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