El dia 20 d'abril vam presentar la reedició del llibre de Fançois
Baschet THE SOUND SCULPTURES of Bernard and FrançoisBaschet, en una nova edició ampliada amb continguts inèdits, i en versió trilingüe -textos originals en anglès i francès, traduïts magistralment per Quim de Nys i revisats curosament per Martí Ruiz- dins de la col·lecció IMPACTES del Parc de les Humanitats i les Ciències Socials de la UB. Ja el podeu trobar a les llibreries o encarregar-lo per Amazon. També es pot comprar en format eBook.
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Here you can read the full foreword to our Reissue:
This
book is a classic in the history of art. In it François Baschet
recounts the research and creation of his Sound Sculptures, with which
he began a pioneering career combining art and science, sculpture and
music. The willingness to share his findings inspired another
breakthrough: participatory exhibitions, spaces where everyone could
explore and play with sound. François Baschet’s conception of
acoustics—a method of understanding the functional relations between
form, matter, action and sound—not only gave rise to the invention of
hundreds of Sound Sculptures of all sizes and sonority, which can be
found all over the world, but also led François and his brother to
collaborate with personalities such as Jean Cocteau, Pierre Schaeffer
and ToruTakemitsu.
François Baschet relates a funny collection of stories about the
artistic life in Paris and New York in 40s and 60s. This reissue of The Sound Sculptures of Bernard and François Baschet includes fragments still unpublished when the first edition appeared, and incorporates the original text of the Organologie des Structures Sonores Baschet (written by the two brothers), with Spanish translations.
Resum de la presentació del llibre
Document sencer de l'acte de presentació, amb improvisació final amb alumnes de l'ESMUC:
