Agapē

Agapē
Author: Alex Waterman Ed.
Publisher: Miguel Abreu Gallery
Language: English
Pages: 99
Size: 23 x 30 cm
Weight: 350 g
Binding: Softcover
ISBN:
Availability: In stock
Price: €180.00
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Agape, was published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name that took place at Miguel Abreu Gallery June 3 – July 28, 2007. The exhibition showcased experimental music scores with an accompanying concert series that addressed aspects of the social acts of translation and collective interpretation in musical performance. The show featured a sequence of scores marking the evolution of notation in music, spanning from Anna Magdalena Bach’s unaccompanied cello suites to Trios WHITE ON WHITE by Robert Ashley (1963). Throughout the two-month event, each score appeared on the gallery walls and was performed in a series of scheduled concerts.

With contributions by Robert Ashley, Alex Waterman, Bruce Andrews, John Law, Charles Curtis, Elaine Radigue, Christian Wolff, The Brothers Grimm, Herbert Read, Frances Strak, James Saunders, Cornelius Cardew, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Will Holder, Alvin Lucier, Chris Mann and others.

The performances engaged the task of reading in relation to the various acts of writing, composing, translating, and committing works to memory. The aural tradition and story-telling were explored in addition to issues pertaining to editing, copying, and the transmission / performance of scores and written words.
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held June 3 - July 28, 2007. Edited by Alex Waterman. Contributors include: Alex Waterman, Robert Ashley, J.S. Bach, Anner Bylsma, Bruce Andrews, John Law, Charles Curtis, Eliane Radigue, Christian Wolff, The Brothers Grimm, Herbert Read, Frances Stark, James Saunder, Cornelius Cardew, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Will Holder, Alvin Lucier, and Chris Mann. "Agape is the drawing together of poets, philosophers, writers, composers, and musicians in an attempt to address the role of reading as a social act through an exhibition and concert series." -- from the preface by Alex Waterman