DeForrest Brown Jr. in conversation with Giorgio Magnanensi
Please join us for a conversation between Deforrest Brown Jr. and Giorgio Magnanensi in the Reliance Theatre, April 9 at 6pm.
Employing his research of techno and the mass devaluing of the recording music industry from a Black theoretical perspective, Brown Jr. joins Artistic Director of Vancouver New Music, Giorgio Magnanensi, in conversation to discuss the benefits and drawbacks of accessible consumer music technology against the value of expert curation and a broader canonical engagement with the arts.
This conversation is presented as part of Brown, Jr.'s Research As... residency with Libby Leshgold Gallery. Throughout this residency he has shared his research into Rhythmanalytics as a work-in-progress, and diagnostic exploration of electronic music at the end of the music industry through applied metaphilosophy and "techno-vernacular expression." Inspired by his own experiences of reasoning through synesthesia, Brown, Jr. seeks to construct a myth-scientific modal logic and studio performance music that embraces cross-disciplinary multitasking.
About the Speakers
DeForrest Brown, Jr. is an Alabama-raised, Ex-American, rhythmanalyst, writer, musician, and curator. Under the moniker Speaker Music, he channels the African American modernist tradition of rhythm and soul music as an intellectual site and sound of techno-vernacular expression. He has released three albums on Planet Mu; 'Of Desire, Longing' (2019), 'Black Nationalist Sonic Weaponry' (2020) and 'Techxodus' (2023). Brown's debut book 'Assembling a Black Counter Culture' was published by Primary Information in 2022.
Born and raised in Italy, Giorgio Magnanensi currently lives in Roberts Creek on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, Canada. His diverse artistic practice includes composition, conducting, improvisation, sound art, circuit–bending and video art. From the early 80's to date he has been working as a composer, conductor, educator, and performer in Europe, Japan and Canada. Recipient of the Paul D. Fleck Fellowship for Excellence in the Arts (The Banff Centre, 2008) and of the Mayor's Arts Award 2017 in Music, Giorgio is artistic director of Vancouver New Music, Laboratorio Arts Society and lecturer at the School of Music of The Vancouver Community College.
About Research As...
Research As… is a residency program that makes creative research visible. Artists, writers, curators, designers, performers, filmmakers, are invited to engage with ECU and the wider arts community in a series of public events that present their research practices.