Category Archives: Art & Art Theory

Online video documenting the entire Centre Pompidou XS: The Opera Opus: An Operatic Transvaluation of No Wave Aesthetics by Joseph Nechvatal and Rhys Chatham event

A video documenting the entire Centre Pompidou March 8th XS: The Opera Opus: An Operatic Transvaluation of No Wave Aesthetics by Joseph Nechvatal and Rhys Chatham event ~ organized by Nicolas Ballet ~ has been published online at the Centre Pompidou website HERE. … Continue reading

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XS: the Opera (1984-1986)

XS exemplification of XS the No Wave Opera (1984-1986) by Rhys Chatham and Joseph Nechvatal ~ made for and included in the No Wave show Who You Staring At: Culture visuelle de la scène no wave des années 1970 et 1980 at Centre Pompidou in … Continue reading

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My historical review / noise music theory paper on the intonarumori noise music machines of Futurist painter/composer Luigi Russolo published in PULSE: the Journal of Science and Culture VOLUME 9

my historical review / noise music theory paper on the intonarumori noise music machines of Futurist painter/composer Luigi Russolo ~ along with a chronicle of known recordings of the intonarumori ~ contextualize the Czech ensemble Opening Performance Orchestra’s recording The … Continue reading

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NO WAVE Audiometric radio show Vol. 3 curated by Joseph Nechvatal & Black Sifichi

NO WAVE – Vol. 3  Audiometric radio show tracks curated by Joseph Nechvatal & Black Sifichimixed by Black Sifichi  March 4, 2023 Audiometric broadcast weekly on 5 Independent French FM stations : – Jet FM 91.2 Nantes [Samedi 21:00]  Aligre FM 93.1 Paris … Continue reading

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Cashmere radio show (with Joseph Nechvatal interview) celebrating the No Wave exhibition Who You Staring At? at the Centre Pompidou Paris

On the occasion of the exhibition Who You Staring At? at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, I & Paul Paulun discuss on Berlin-based Cashmere Radio aspects of No Wave related to the musical tracks we pick and play. Tracks played: … Continue reading

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On Marquis de Sade’s manuscript for Les 120 journées de Sodome (The Hundred Twenty Days of Sodom)

I wrote a short report on the conference Papier en restauration : le rouleau des 120 Journées de Sodome at the Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal (1, rue de Sully, Paris) on the restoration of Marquis de Sade’s Les 120 journées de … Continue reading

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XS: The Opera Opus: An Operatic Transvaluation of No Wave Aesthetics by Joseph Nechvatal and Rhys Chatham / March 8 / Centre Pompidou Paris / Cinema 2

~ on March 8 ~ at 7pm ~ at the Centre Pompidou Paris Cinema 2 ~ I will be in conversation (in English) with art historian Nicolas Ballet ~ curator of the No Wave exhibition Who You Staring At? Visual … Continue reading

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NO WAVE radio show ~ Vol. 2 ~ on Audiometric ~ February 25th 2023

NO WAVE radio show ~ Vol. 2 ~ on Audiometric February 25th 2023  Tracks selected/curated by Joseph Nechvatal & Black Sifichi mixed by Black Sifichi Audiometric broadcast weekly on 5 Independent French FM stations  : Jet FM 91.2 Nantes [Samedi 21:00] … Continue reading

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NO WAVE radio show on Audiometric February 18 2023

Joseph Nechvatal, No Wave Heart (1978) ink on paper Audiometric February 18 2023  NO WAVE – Vol 1 selected tracks curated by Joseph Nechvatal & Black Sifichi mixed by Black Sifichi in support of the the exhibition Who You Staring At? … Continue reading

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No Wave radio show curated by Joseph Nechvatal

A No Wave radio show https://www.dublab.com/schedule/100869/frosty-celsius-drop-90 I curated, followed by an interview with DNA drummer Ikue Mori, in support of Who You Staring At?: Visual culture of the no wave scene in the 1970s and 1980s ~ at the Centre Pompidou Paris ~ aired on dublab.com Thursday, Feb … Continue reading

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