Wild Pop & The Praxis of Disciplined Spontaneity
Wild Pop & The Praxis of Disciplined Spontaneity
Speaker: Dr Will Edmondes, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Performance, School of Arts & Cultures
This talk will present Edmondes’ work as a composer, performer and recording artist as the point of departure for the articulation and development of research frameworks that can serve the interests of the art itself while at the same time forming the basis for research funding applications. While outlining the complexities of such a clash of trajectories, the critical insight of writers and thinkers like Sun Ra, C.L.R. James, Fred Moten, Elvin Brandhi, Trisha Rose and Saidiya Hartman will be factored in.
To get a sense of the work discussed, please check out:
https://www.instagram.com/ye_yu_fam/
WILLIAM GUSTAV THOMAS EDMONDES is Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Performance in the music department at Newcastle, where he has been a member of the faculty for 20 years. He was born in Bridgend, in 1966. In 1980 he co-founded the total-improvisation unit Radioactive Sparrow. After attending Cardiff Art College he studied composition with Anthony Powers, Robert Keeley and William Brooks. He co-founded YEAH YOU in 2013 with his daughter Elvin Brandhi. Outside of that duo, he performs regularly solo and in collaboration with many others.
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Next Presentations:
Wednesday 5th June 2024: Dr Antonio Gonzalez, Reader in Heritage Studies, School of Arts and Culture