About this Event
Mattin’s work in the field of noise and improvisation seeks to address the social and economic structures of experimental music production through live performance, recordings and writing. Social Dissonance is the discrepancy between what we do (buying and selling commodities) and what we believe about ourselves as non-commodified entities. In shifting the emphasis from the sonic to the social, we discover that social dissonance is the territory within which we already find ourselves, the condition we inhabit. In order to deal practically with this, Mattin scored social dissonance as part of documenta14 in Athens and Kassel. For 180 days four players used members of the audience as instruments, who then hear themselves and reflect on their own conception and self-presentation. The score Social Dissonance claims that, by amplifying alienation in performance and participation can enable us a new understanding of structural alienation.
Mattin will talk with Cécile Malaspina and Miguel Prado (UWE Philosophy) and Robin Mackay and Amy Ireland (Urbanomic) about his new book Social Dissonance, published by Urbanomic. This conversation will be followed by an interpretation of the Social Dissonance score which includes a performative interaction with the audience.
http://www.mattin.org/
https://www.urbanomic.com/
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Watershed, 1 Canon's Road, Bristol, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00