Talk “Symbiosis: Sound and Vision”
Part 1: Folk for Future: Fri 31 Aug 2018, 5 pm
Part 2: Filming Music Heritage: Fri 31 Aug 2018, 7.30 pm
Manzi Art Space
From Manzi:
Come to join SYMBIOSIS, a double bill of talks examining how various forms of film and music have been brought together within the context of cultural heritage, and to what ends.
SYMBIOSIS forms a part of the FAMLAB (Film, Archive and Music Lab) strand of Heritage of Future Past, a British Council in Vietnam project that engages with Vietnam’s music and film heritage, especially those currently under-threat or under-represented. Within the project framework, FAMLAB creates opportunities for revisiting and rediscovering certain heritage elements, in the process enabling connection between values from before and expressions of today.
SYMBIOSIS also marks the launch of the FAMLAB Fund initiative which will provide grant packages to artistic or creative projects that fit the general criteria set out by FAMLAB.
SESSION 1: Folk for Future – 17:00
“The presentation will take us through a whistle stop tour of folk music in the UK and introduce some of the artists, festivals and people who help make it a contemporary and thriving scene, as well as explore the opportunities for creative use of archives.” (Joel Mills)
Joel Mills is Senior Programme Manager, Music at British Council.
SESSION 1 ½: FAMLAB Fund Presentation + Networking – 18:00
SESSION 2: Filming Music Heritage – A talk and discussion with Barley Norton – 19:30
“Throughout the world there are increasing efforts to preserve and promote cultural heritage. Films are often made about music heritage, but what purpose do they serve? How should heritage films be made and what should they focus on? What scope is there for artistic creativity in revival projects that emphasize the audiovisual documentation of endangered traditions? In this talk, Barley Norton will discuss different approaches to filming music heritage and will show some video clips from his projects in Vietnam and from the short films submitted to UNESCO’s Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The talk and discussion will provide an opportunity for people interested in music and film to learn more about innovative filmmaking techniques and the cultural politics of audiovisual representation. It also celebrates the recent publication (in July 2018) of Barley’s co-edited book ‘Music as Heritage’.” (Barley Norton)
Barley Norton is Reader in Ethnomusicology and Director of the Asian Music Unit (AsMU) in the Music Department at Goldsmiths, University of London. At Goldsmiths, he runs the masters degree in ethnomusicology, which includes a course on ethnographic filmmaking. He has conducted research on Vietnamese music and culture since the 1990s and has spent over 3 years in Vietnam. His publications include the film Hanoi Eclipse: The Music of Dai Lam Linh, the monograph Songs for the Spirits: Music and Mediums in Modern Vietnam, and the coedited book, Music and Protest in 1968, which won the American Musicology Society’s 2014 Ruth A. Solie Award.
Language: In Vietnamese and English, with translation
Free entry, no registration required
Audience members are free to attend both or either sessions.
The events are p3art of British Council Vietnam’s project Heritage of Future Past.
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