Water Music by Karl-Heinz Jeron
Thursday 30.Sept.2010 6-9pm
Location: Tamesis Dock, Albert Embankment, between Vauxhall and Lambeth Bridge, London, SE1 7TP
Tank takes to the Thames as a chorus of robots perform Händel’s Water Music on a river boat.
20 tiny self developed robots improvise over themes from the Water Music by Georg Friedrich Händel. The Water Music is one of the greatest hits in Baroque music and consists of three suites. In 1717, Händel shook the London music scene when on a boat trip on the river Thames, he delighted the king with his 2nd Suite. “Our Händel”, as the English called their favourite composer at the time, had delivered another smash hit. One could rely on the Elton John of the Baroque age.
The robot orchestra will contemporarily reenact the historical performance on a river boat. With electronic bleeps and baroque choreography the robot orchestra will revitalize the probably best known suite of the Water Music, Suite No. 2, in D Mayor. Following the permiere on the Thames, the concert will take place on a boat. Some of the robots will improvise within the scope of Händel‘s composition, with the help of Euler‘s music theory. Euler (1707-1783) is a contemporary of Händel.
The methods described in Leonhard Eulers essay “Tentamen novae theoriae musicae” from 1739 set up the foundation for the improviations of the robot orchestra. In his music theory Euler describes mathematical methods for concord and dissonance problems. Eulers music therory suits well here, because there the ratio of frequency intervals play a major role. The robot orchestra uses the musical score of the Petrucci Music Library.
The performance will take place on the deck of Tamesis Dock, an old 1930's Dutch barge overlooking the Tate Britain and Westminster. Previously known as the Mary Rose it is now a bar and restaurant.
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Tuesday, 21 September 2010
Anti-Matters
Tuesday 21 September Anti-Matters curated by
Richard Thomas (Resonance FM) an evening of talks about
negation, negative space, negative aesthetics, trash culture and anti-matter, including:
SHREDS – Stewart Home discusses anti-art, auto-destructive art and shreds books in an homage to John
Latham.
The Psychoanalysis of Trash – Ken Hollings gives a lecture on how Ludwig II of Bavaria and Michael
Jackson, Elvis Presley and Big Daddy Roth, Morris Lapidus and Kenneth Anger can never be recycled.
Sewer Side – Anthropologist and broadcaster Bruno Rinvolucri (University of Oxford) has spent the last
two years exploring London’s sewer system, a subterranean negative space if ever there was one.
Destruction and Negative Space – Curator Mathieu Copeland discusses auto-destructive art, and art
and voids.
Anti-Matter – Dr.Ed Gerstner, physicist and the editor
Richard Thomas (Resonance FM) an evening of talks about
negation, negative space, negative aesthetics, trash culture and anti-matter, including:
SHREDS – Stewart Home discusses anti-art, auto-destructive art and shreds books in an homage to John
Latham.
The Psychoanalysis of Trash – Ken Hollings gives a lecture on how Ludwig II of Bavaria and Michael
Jackson, Elvis Presley and Big Daddy Roth, Morris Lapidus and Kenneth Anger can never be recycled.
Sewer Side – Anthropologist and broadcaster Bruno Rinvolucri (University of Oxford) has spent the last
two years exploring London’s sewer system, a subterranean negative space if ever there was one.
Destruction and Negative Space – Curator Mathieu Copeland discusses auto-destructive art, and art
and voids.
Anti-Matter – Dr.Ed Gerstner, physicist and the editor
GOTHIC NIGHT II with Christopher fowler
GOTHIC NIGHT II
DOWN BELOW…
Friday 29 October 2010 7pm-9.30pm £8 / £6.50 Includes glass of wine
London Metropolitan Archives, 40, Northampton Road, London, EC1R 0HB
To Book : Call on 020 7332 3851 Enquiries: ask.lma@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Join CHRIS FOWLER, author of the Bryant and May Mysteries including The Water Room and Off The Rails, for an evening of strangeness and curiosity.
His stories are set in London, past and present. In some Chris has plunged the depths of the archives to delve deep into the city's sewers, drains and tunnels.
The evening includes:
Chris reading from his work / Q&A.
An introduction to some fascinating material from the archives.
Entertaining interludes relating to the 'Down Below' theme.
Behind the scenes tour.
Part of Archives Awareness Campaign 2010—’Discovery’ — Archives in Science, Technology and Medicine
Chris lives and works in London, where he is best known for his dark urban fiction. His books all contain elements of black comedy, anxiety and social satire.
As well as novels, Chris writes short stories, scripts, press articles and reviews. He has written several new pieces involving London below, including a foreword to Subterranean London and a new short story called Down.... Visit www.christopherfowler.co.uk.
DOWN BELOW…
Friday 29 October 2010 7pm-9.30pm £8 / £6.50 Includes glass of wine
London Metropolitan Archives, 40, Northampton Road, London, EC1R 0HB
To Book : Call on 020 7332 3851 Enquiries: ask.lma@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Join CHRIS FOWLER, author of the Bryant and May Mysteries including The Water Room and Off The Rails, for an evening of strangeness and curiosity.
His stories are set in London, past and present. In some Chris has plunged the depths of the archives to delve deep into the city's sewers, drains and tunnels.
The evening includes:
Chris reading from his work / Q&A.
An introduction to some fascinating material from the archives.
Entertaining interludes relating to the 'Down Below' theme.
Behind the scenes tour.
Part of Archives Awareness Campaign 2010—’Discovery’ — Archives in Science, Technology and Medicine
Chris lives and works in London, where he is best known for his dark urban fiction. His books all contain elements of black comedy, anxiety and social satire.
As well as novels, Chris writes short stories, scripts, press articles and reviews. He has written several new pieces involving London below, including a foreword to Subterranean London and a new short story called Down.... Visit www.christopherfowler.co.uk.
Wednesday, 15 September 2010
Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit Invited Speaker Series
Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit Invited Speaker Series 2010/11
Department of Psychology , Goldsmiths, University of London
SEMINARS ARE HELD ON TUESDAYS AT 6:10 PM IN THE NEW ACADEMIC BUILDING, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW. All talks are open to staff, students and members of the public. Attendance is free and there is no need to book in advance.
For further information, visit or contact Tamas Borbely.
12 Oct Jon Ronson
Writer and documentary filmmaker
The Men Who Stare at Goats and Other True Tales of Craziness at the Heart of Power
26 Oct Deborah Hyde
Writer and blogger
Demons and Nightmares: Why do People Believe in the Malign Supernatural?
9 Nov Dr Gustav Kuhn
Department of Psychology, Brunel University
The Science of Magic: How Magic Changes our Expectations About Autism
16 Nov Dr Simon Dein
Senior Lecturer in Anthropology and Medicine, UCL
A Messiah from the Dead: What Really Happens When Prophecy Fails
23 Nov Daniela Rudloff
Department of Psychology, University of Leicester
Mental ‘Short-Cuts’ – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
7 Dec Andy Lewis
Blogger and Developer of the Quackometer website
The Persistence of Delusion: Why do Some Alternative Medicines Thrive and Others Die?
Department of Psychology , Goldsmiths, University of London
SEMINARS ARE HELD ON TUESDAYS AT 6:10 PM IN THE NEW ACADEMIC BUILDING, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW. All talks are open to staff, students and members of the public. Attendance is free and there is no need to book in advance.
For further information, visit or contact Tamas Borbely.
12 Oct Jon Ronson
Writer and documentary filmmaker
The Men Who Stare at Goats and Other True Tales of Craziness at the Heart of Power
26 Oct Deborah Hyde
Writer and blogger
Demons and Nightmares: Why do People Believe in the Malign Supernatural?
9 Nov Dr Gustav Kuhn
Department of Psychology, Brunel University
The Science of Magic: How Magic Changes our Expectations About Autism
16 Nov Dr Simon Dein
Senior Lecturer in Anthropology and Medicine, UCL
A Messiah from the Dead: What Really Happens When Prophecy Fails
23 Nov Daniela Rudloff
Department of Psychology, University of Leicester
Mental ‘Short-Cuts’ – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
7 Dec Andy Lewis
Blogger and Developer of the Quackometer website
The Persistence of Delusion: Why do Some Alternative Medicines Thrive and Others Die?
Monday, 13 September 2010
Debate: What Is Time For Us?
Bigideas present: What Is Time For Us?
8pm Tuesday 28th September 2010
The Wheatsheaf, 25 Rathbone Place, London W1T 1DG
Do people of different cultures have different experiences of time? Is our relationship to the temporal very different from that of, say, the ancient Romans? Or are our experiences of space and time, as Kant thought, intuitive ideas necessary for human experience to exist at all? Is it possible to find evidence either way? Do these questions even make rigorous sense?
The discussion will be introduced by Dr Andrew Gardner, Lecturer in the Archaeology of the Roman Empire at UCL. Andrew has a special interest in theoretical issues raised by archaeology including questions of temporality. It should offer not only an opportunity to broach a deep philosophical question but also interesting insights into how contemporary archaeologists think about their discipline.
Sessions generally start with a question. Someone who has some relevant expertise gives a very brief, informal talk. After that a discussion develops in a free and unstructured manner. It's not a lecture, and it's not a debate; it's a pub argument, but unlike any you've had before.
8pm Tuesday 28th September 2010
The Wheatsheaf, 25 Rathbone Place, London W1T 1DG
Do people of different cultures have different experiences of time? Is our relationship to the temporal very different from that of, say, the ancient Romans? Or are our experiences of space and time, as Kant thought, intuitive ideas necessary for human experience to exist at all? Is it possible to find evidence either way? Do these questions even make rigorous sense?
The discussion will be introduced by Dr Andrew Gardner, Lecturer in the Archaeology of the Roman Empire at UCL. Andrew has a special interest in theoretical issues raised by archaeology including questions of temporality. It should offer not only an opportunity to broach a deep philosophical question but also interesting insights into how contemporary archaeologists think about their discipline.
Sessions generally start with a question. Someone who has some relevant expertise gives a very brief, informal talk. After that a discussion develops in a free and unstructured manner. It's not a lecture, and it's not a debate; it's a pub argument, but unlike any you've had before.
Friday, 3 September 2010
Dark Mills Festival this weekend
Dark Mills Festival
London Free Festival of Gothic arts and alternative culture.
Two days of bands, plays, films, talks, seminars, art exhibitions, market and more
See website for timetable and details:
http://darkmillsfestival.com/home.html
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
Walk: Paul Raymond and the Birth of British Burlesque
PANTIES’ INFERNO: PAUL RAYMOND AND THE BIRTH OF BRITISH BURLESQUE
Presented by Paul Willetts
Saturday 25th September 2010, 3pm [moved from Sunday 12th]
Meet outside the front of St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, Trafalgar Square.
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