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Serendipity - The Unsought Discovery : REGISTRATION

Event October 6, 2022

16 November 2022

The Orpheus Doctoral Conference (ODC) is a yearly event organised by second year docARTES PhD students. This year's ODC focusses on the theme "Serendipity - The Unsought Discovery".

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While notions of emergence, chance and indeterminacy have been the topic of numerous artistic research and musicological investigations, serendipity within the arts and specifically in music remains largely unexplored. This conference aims to enquire about serendipity in the creative practice of musicians, including, but not limited to, interpretation, composition, curating a program and choosing musical partners.

Above all, the conference questions the inherent paradox: is it possible to prepare for the unexpected?  How can we optimize conditions in our musical practice in order to allow for the unexpected to emerge?

Keynote speakers:

  • Marije Baalman (freelance artist and member of iii - instrument inventors initiative, The Hague, The Netherlands)
  • Michiel Braam (Head of the Jazz & Pop Department at ArtEZ, Arnhem, The Netherlands)
  • Iwan Wopereis (Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Open University of the Netherlands)

Convenors

  • Magno Caliman - Orpheus Institute, LUCA School of Arts, KU Leuven
  • Rik Cornelissen - Orpheus Institute, LUCA School of Arts, KU Leuven, ArtEZ University of the Arts
  • Ivana Jelača - Orpheus Institute, LUCA School of Arts, KU Leuven
  • Taum Karni - Orpheus Institute, The Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA) at Leiden University

Schedule


Wednesday, November 16, 2022

9:00 - 9:30    Registration & Coffee

9:30 - 10:15  Double Keynote Address 1 

  • Michiel Braam (Head of the Jazz & Pop Department at ArtEZ, Arnhem, The Netherlands)
  • Iwan Wopereis (Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Open University of the Netherlands)

10:15 - 11:00  Keynote Address 2 

  • Marije Baalman (Freelance artist and member of iii - instrument inventors initiative, The Hague)

11:00 - 11:30  Moderated Q&A with Keynote Speakers 

11:30 - 11:45  Coffee Break

 11:45-13:15  Session 1

  • The "Method of Vienna" (MoV) - An Attempt to Systematically Provoke Knowledge with a Historical Communication Format                                                                                          Susanne Abed-Navandi (MUK - Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna)
  • Serendipitous Moments in Improvised Drumming: Identity and the Pursuit of the Unknown  Conor McAuley (Sonic Arts Research Centre, Queen's University, Belfast)
  • A Cross-disciplinary Interplay between the Musical Score and Dance    Improvisation: Intuition, Chance, or Divination?                                                                                           Elina Akselrud (Doctoral School for Artistic Research, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz)

13:15 - 14:15  Lunch break

14:15 - 16:15  Session 2

  • Unsettling the Spectres in Electronic Music Composition                                                        Gareth Whitehead (University Of Surrey)
  • Failure, Deviation and Negation of the Norm - and Its Poetics                                                Carlos Eduardo Soares (Caeso) (Orpheus Institute / Leiden University)
  • Using Conscious Imagery While Improvising Freely - Contradiction?                                       Jaak Sikk (Estonian Academy of Music and Theater), Gerhard Lock (Tallinn University, Baltic Film, Media and Arts School)
  • Systems for Serendipity                                                                                                         Leslee Smucker (composer, independent researcher)

16:15-16:30  Coffee Break

16:30 - 17:30 Session 3

  • Serendipitous Decay: Instruments, Craft, and Material Agency                                               Kevin Toksöz Fairbairn (sound artist, independent researcher)
  • Shifting Perspective: The Unexpected Affordances of Period Clarinet                                    Vittoria Ecclesia (Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre)

17:30 - 18:30  Moderated Discussion and Final Remarks Luk Vaes, moderator (Orpheus Institute)

Registration


Registration is required via this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/serendipity-the-unsought-discovery-orpheus-doctoral-conference-2022-tickets-433433670777

Registration fee: € 30 (incl. lunch and coffee breaks).
Participation is free of charge for presenters and Orpheus Institute-associated researchers and docARTES students. 

The conference will be held in person at Orpheus Institute, Ghent, Belgium.

Registration deadline: November 9, 2022 (23:59)

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Enquiries should be sent to odc2022@docartes.be

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