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SEEING IS BELIEVING
NMAP: Alliance Française, Toronto
A 16 panel portrait of Xenakis and all aspects of his work,
some dealing with biographical information, others dealing
with his music, architecture and writings, will be exhibited
at the gallery of the Alliance Francaise. These panels, prepared
by the Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine
in Paris, will include photos, images of musial scores and
architectural drawings plus explanatory texts.
SOMETHING RICH AND STRANGE
NMAP
Screening of ‘Something Rich and Strange’ (1991),
a BBC documentary film on the life and work of Iannis Xenakis,
produced and directed by Mark Kidel. The film will be
introduced by Nouritza Matossian, a journalist and broadcaster,
who is the author of a leading biography of Xenakis.
CITY SPACE & SOUND
Goethe-Istitut - Toronto
This will be a screening of two films with live music performance.
'Birds on a Wire', a new film by Ellen Flanders, is a two-screen
projection accompanied by a live music performance (Jazz pianist
Marilyn Lerner). It is a five city symphony reflecting the
current angst and dislocation of a world in decline. Using
birds as a metaphor to connect these diverse cities, the film
also reflects moments of harmony that exist between chaos
and order bringing a ray of light into dis-ease. The cities
portrayed in this film are Toronto, Berlin, New York City,
London, Ramallah/ Jerusalem. 'Berlin: Symphony of a Great
City' is Walter Ruttman's 1927 photographic record of life
in Weimar, berlin and a timeles demonstration of the cinema's
ability to enthrall on a purely visceral level. It ofers
a kaleidoscopic view of a single day in the life of the bustling
metrolpolis. The screening will be presented with live musical
accompaniment by Marilyn Lerner (piano) and Lori Freedman
(clarinet).
The Canadian Music Centre
will exhibit architectural proposals for a future CMC building.
The CMC will also host a panel discussion of these proposals.
The School of Architecture of Waterloo University has integrated the festival theme into its curriculum during the 2004 - 2005 academic year, and will be doing so as well for the 2005 - 2006 academic year. Student works created in response to the theme will be exhibited in Toronto during the festival.
The Department of Architectural Science of Ryerson University will also be integrating the 'Architecture - Music - Acoustics' theme into its curriculum during the 2005 - 2006 academic year, and student works will be exhibited.
The Faculty of Architecture Landscape Design of the
University of Toronto is anticipated to have student
works responding to the festival theme on display at the Faculty
gallery.
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