MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MEN. Hommage to Mary Bauermeister
[sotto testo in italiano!] Not least James Hillman taught us that it is the daimon that moves the threads of our path. Depending on how much one is willing to listen to him or not, the encounters one makes also depend on him. In any case, without the encounters with some ‘extraordinary men’, as the […]
WEEKLY COURSE OF THEATRUM PHONOSOPHICUM
Open Call for the Course of theatrum phonosophicum (academical year 2024-2025) Weekly sessions for the preparation of multisensorial performative events [testo italiano sotto!] A weekly meeting for the collective development of multisensorial events in concomitance with the solstices and equinoxes, in which traditional knowledge intersects with experimental practices. The theatrum phonosophicum is an experiential field, […]
SOUND AND SOPHIA / Workshop for creative listening and sound actionism
There is a substantial difference between “hearing“ and “listening“. Listening is actually an authentic art, that, if regularly practiced, can greatly enrich our being in the world, anchoring ourself in the here and now, feeling really alive. With this workshop we want to encourage a deep and creative attitude of listening, a mindful and meditative […]
L’EBBREZZA DELL’ESSERE (THE INEBRIATION OF BEING)
THE INEBRIATION OF BEING residential workshop inspired by the three books of the “Feasts” and the “Monastic Rules” by Hermann Nitsch heald by theatrum phonosophicum (Leopoldo Siano & Shushan Hyusnunts) 5th-8th September 2024, Nitsch Museum, Naples [sotto testo in italiano!] Harmating, Asolo and Cuma, written in the 1970s and courageously published (in German) by Peppe […]
Festival PHONOSOPHIA 21-23 June 2024, Attigliano
[Vedi sotto testo in italiano] “Theatrum Phonosophicum”, in cooperation with the Simmetria Institute / Lanzi Foundation (Attigliano, Italy: https://www.simmetriainstitute.com/en/), presents the PHONOSOPHIA Festival, dedicated to the “Knowledge through the Sound”. With a cosmopolitan élan, this Festival intends to promote a renewed culture of sound and silence (“total listening”), by creating synesthetic immersive spaces where ancient […]
AKRÓASIS | FROM THE CICADA TO MARIA CALLAS… (HOMAGE TO MARIUS SCHNEIDER)
A lecture-performance in four parts: 17.00 part 1 (WATER) 18.00 part 2 (FIRE) 19.00 part 3 (EARTH) 20.00 part 4 (AIR) “Akróasis” is the pendant of “aisthesis“ (the Greek word from which “aesthetics“ comes): it means “perception“, in the specific sense of aural perception. In this lecture-performance in four parts, we will pay a tribute […]
SEPEITHOS. The vanished river of Naples (A lecture-performance on epical listening for the Holy Friday)
Once upon a time there was a river in Naples, that disappeared. The ancient Greeks called it “Sepeithos“. Its sound can be still heard, if one listens to it. In this lecture-performance, through a mythical method of free associations inspired by James Joyce among others, the theatrum phonosophicum tells about a ‘work in progress‘, that […]
Long-Durational Performance for the Finissage of “FABULA”
The last two days of the photo-exhibition by Mane Hovhannisyan, called “Fabula”, have been marked by a long-durational performance by theatrum phonosophicum with ongoing sound installations. The protagonists of the photo cycle have inhabited the place of the exhibition/installation in a performative way, also sleeping and eating there, projecting their sound works, acting with different […]
𝐃𝐀𝐒 𝐆𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐋. A lecture-performance for the winter solstice
The last novel of Hermann Hesse is about a mysterious practice, based on cosmo-poetic analogies: the Glasperlenspiel (“Glass Bead Game”). Essentially, this Game – a sort of “magic theatre” – aspires to be a synthesis of all arts and sciences. Though the rules of the game are never explained, only alluded. In this Game, music […]
FABULA
• Photography Exhibition | Mane Hovhannisyan • Sound Installation | theatrum phonosophicum The main idea of this photo series is to show the different kinds of interaction between humans, objects and places. Of particular interest to Mane Hovhannisyan are the moments in which the people seem to become totems and the objects seem to be […]