WATER VS. OBJECTS
New media and technology has had a significant impact on contemporary a
rt practice\, and arguably\, an even greater impact in the field of music.
In his public lecture at UBC\, cultural critic Diedrich Diederichsen will
discuss the contemporary situation of music and sound within the culture in
dustry\, and draw connections between Walter Benjamin’s seminal essay on ar
twork in the age of mechanical reproduction\, and Paul Valéry’s “La conquet
e de la ubiquité"\, in which he sketches a world culture psychologically st
ructured by omnipresent music.
Diedrich Diederichsen
is one of Germany's most renowned cultural critics\, whose work is seen re
gularly in art and culture publications\, such as the magazines Texte zur K
unst\, Theater heute\, Jungle World\, Art Forum\, Die Zeit and in newspaper
s such as Tagesspiegel and Tageszeitung. He has also contributed to numerou
s critically acclaimed book publications including: 'Sympathy for the Devil
: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967'\; 'Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedel
ic Era'\; 'Golden Years: Dokumente und Materialien zur queeren Subkultur 19
59-1974' (Co-Editor). His own books include: 'Argument Son – Critique elect
roacoustique de la societe'\, 'Personas en loop'\, 'Musikzimmer'\, 'Sexbea
t'\; '2000 Schallplatten'\; 'Der lange Weg nach Mitte - Der Sound und die
Stadt'\; 'Loving the Alien' (Editor)\; 'Politische Korrekturen'\;'Yo! Herm
eneutics-Schwarze Kulturkritik: Pop\, Medien\, Feminismus' (Editor)\, and '
Freiheit macht arm'. He is currently professor of Theory\, Practice and Com
munication of Contemporary Art at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste (Academ
y of Fine Arts) in Vienna.
Presented by the Morris and Helen Belkin Ar
t Gallery in conjunction with Catriona Jeffries Gallery.