Department of Music

• Friday, September 21, 2012
  Saturday, September 22, 2012
• Kaleidoscope Room, Newcomb Hall
  The Bridge
• 3:30pm
  8:00pm

Colloquium: Fantasy in the Hold
Friday, September 21, 2012
Kaleidoscope Room, Newcomb Hall, University of Virginia
3:30pm
Free Reception to Follow

This paper thinks about a musical moment that is emphatically, palpably imperceptible and, therefore, difficult to describe. I will be talking about how this musical moment actually constitutes a precise and rigorous description/theory of the unspeakable horror and beauty of black sociality and social poiesis. The moment I will be speaking through or with but not of can be found about two and one-half minutes into “Mutron,” a duet byEd Blackwell and Don Cherry recorded in 1982. I will then try to demonstrate how this theory/description helps to illuminate Thornton Dial's visual art as well as the confluence of urban planning, visual art and music that marks the work of Theaster Gates.

Poetry Reading and Musical Performance
Saturday, September 22, 2012
The Bridge PAI, 209 Monticello Road, Charlottesville, VA
8pm
Free

A poetry reading will be delivered in conjunction with Woody Sullender on banjo, on Saturday evening at The Bridge: Progressive Arts Initiative as part of Audio September, an annual month of audio programming dedicated to the celebration of sound.

With support from the McIntire Department of Music, The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies, and the Department of English.

For more information about Professor Moten please visit his page on the Duke website.