Silence and Music programme
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2024-04-08_SilenceAndMusicProgrammeFeb_15_FINAL.pdf
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Leaflet
Date published
2024
Abstract
In 1935, the Science Museum staged a very uncharacteristic temporary exhibition, on the theme of noise abatement. The Museum’s exhibitions in those days usually celebrated new technologies, such as television (in 1937) or showed unfamiliar parts of its collections, for example ‘rafts, canoes and boats’ (1931). But noise was seen as a by-product of industrial modernity that needed to be tackled, not least by new silent technologies and measuring devices, and so the exhibition was planned. To celebrate the 80th anniversary of this exhibition, and as part of the research towards a future exhibition on science, technology and music, the museum has organised a series of events, organised around the themes of ‘Music, Noise and Silence’. The series, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, is being developed in conjunction with the Royal College of Music and the University of Nottingham. Each workshop includes publicly-accessible concerts and talks by high profile speakers. On February 25-26 at the Royal College of Music, we explore Silence and Music, starting from the idea that silence is the ‘absolute zero’ of both music and the science of acoustics. The conversations will discuss the proposition that modern ‘quiet’ musics – including experimental, ambient and spiritual genres – are responses to industrial modernity.
Creator (organisation)
Science Museum Group
Contributor (organisation)
Royal College of Music
University of Nottingham
Project(s)
Music, Noise and Silence
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Arts and Humanities Research Council | |
Publisher
Science Museum Group
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