All welcome to this free one-day workshop sponsored by CRCEES. Topics will include Russian Art of the 1910s-30s, Charchoune’s works and ideas and the Russian Avant-Garde. Participants will also be treated to a performance of Charchoune's 'Foule Immobile' (1921).

Date: 1 February 2013, 9am - 7:30pm
Location: The Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh
Registration: Contact Hazel Norcross (hazel.norcross@ed.ac.uk)
Programme: Workshop Programme: Word and Image in Russian Contexts [PDF]

This workshop has been organised by Dr Alexandra Smith, Division of European Languages and Cultures, University of Edinburgh. ‌The morning session on Russian Art of the 1910s-30s promises some interesting discussion on Modernist imagry, Kandinsky's books, 'Sound' and 'On the Spiritual in Art', Charchoune and trans-modernist painting.

The afternoon sessions will focus on the Avant-Garde Beyond Borders (e.g. Paris and USA) and the legacy of Avant-Garde in terms of language and image.

'Foule Immobile' is Charchoune's Dada poem for a 25 voice choir (the Sirens of Titan Choir, directed by Peter Shand). This will be preceded by a reception at 6pm for all workshop participants and attendees.

 

First published: 1 February 2013

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Dr Alexandra Smith, University of Edinburgh

Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh