[spectre] Symposium "Rhythmanalysis", November 22-23, Stuttgart

[Shintaro Miyazaki]

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RHYTHMANALYSIS
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SYMPOSIUM
Thursday–Friday, November 22–23, 2012
Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart

In prehistoric cultures, rhythmical activities were used to memorize tool
operations; in the 16th century, rhythmical patterns emerged as
disciplinary techniques in the Orangist military; in the 19th century, the
observation of rhythmical soundscapes in medical listening practice became
an important method for gaining knowledge about physiological processes.
Rhythm is, more over, not only a human phenomenon, but plays a crucial role
in insect communication. These very few examples illustrate the ubiquity of
rhythmical structures from time immemorial. With the emergence of the
information age and digitally coded technologies, we have been surrounded
by rhythmically structured communication networks and rhythmical
regularities have become faster and increasingly difficult to visualize.

Despite its omnipresence, the significance of rhythm seems to be
underestimated. Thus, the symposium “Rhythmanalysis” will focus on various
types of rhythmical regularities as a concept for understanding different
time-structures in diverse fields such as life and economic sciences,
cultural and media studies, music, and aesthetics. In this respect, it is
following Gaston Bachelard’s influential The Dialectics of Duration (1936)
and Henri Lefebvre’s posthumous Rhythmanalysis: Space, Time and Everyday
Life (1992). In lectures, discussions, and performances, the symposium’s
participants will analyze the notion of rhythm in terms of sequentiality,
time processuality, and measure of movement, as well as, outline effects of
rhythm on humans and animals, nature and culture, space and time.

The symposium “Rhythmanalysis” is initated by Shintaro Miyazaki in
collaboration with the art, science & business program of the Akademie
Schloss Solitude. It is funded by Andrea von Braun Stiftung and the cogito
foundation.


PROGRAM
available at: www.rhythmanalysis.de


PARTICIPANTS
Blandine Bril, L’École des Hautes Ètudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
Dietmar Maringer, University of Basel
Mara Mills, New York University
Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri, composer and sound artist, Berlin
Wolfgang Schäffner, Humboldt University of Berlin
Jan Thoben, musicologist, author, and curator, Berlin
Meta Virant-Doberlet, National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana
Axel Volmar, University of Siegen


REGISTRATION
The conference fee, catering included, is 30 Euro (regular) / 20 Euro
(students). Attending single parts of the event is possible.

Registration is requested by November 15 by contacting:
Lisa Schreiber, ls at akademie-solitude.de, +49 (0)711-99619 134.

www.rhythmanalysis.de
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