<div><br></div><div>Modular Collaboration: Call for participation</div><div><br></div><div>Modular Collaboration, led by Daniel Neumann, is a free five day</div><div>workshop in which participants will work together to create individual</div>
<div>works under an overall theme that will culminate in a live performance</div><div>or installation in which all the works are presented simultaneously as</div><div>part of a larger piece utilizing the full capacity of Diapason’s</div>
<div>special multi-channel sound systems.</div><div><br></div><div>Modular collaboration enacts non-hierarchical and decentralized forms</div><div>of organization that question the concept of the single composing</div><div>
genius. In development since 2006, Modular Collaboration draws</div><div>inspiration from works with open scores, group improvisation and the</div><div>practices of relational aesthetics– emphasis of process,</div><div>
performativity, openness, social contexts, transitivity and the</div>
<div>production of dialogue over the closure of traditional modernist</div><div>objecthood, visuality and hyper- individualism .</div><div><br></div><div>The workshop will begin with the development of a theoretical</div>
<div>theme/question. Each participant will then refer to that theme in</div><div>composing her/his own module. Individual modules will have a unique</div><div>internal logic in approaching the general theme. In the process of the</div>
<div>development the participants give each other feedback to help each</div><div>find her/his position in the overall system.</div><div><br></div><div>Workshop dates: July 26th - 30th 2010, with a performance/presentation</div>
<div>on July 30th</div><div>Location: Diapason, 882 Third Ave, Brooklyn, NY</div><div>Deadline for submission: July 10th 2010</div><div>Please send submissions with a short bio and a work sample to: neumann</div><div>at alulatonserien dot de</div>
<div><br></div><div>The workshop is free of charge!</div><div>______________________________________________</div><div><br></div><div>Diapason is a listening space that gives artists and audiences the opportunity to make and experience sound art. Through the exploration of active and varied modes of listening Diapason seeks to engage artists and the public in a dialogue about the place of contemporary music and sound practice in a broader cultural context. For artists, both established and emerging, Diapason provides a space at once accessible and technologically advanced, fostering the creation of unique works that investigate the implications of new sound practices. For audiences Diapason provides an optimal listening environment and access to artists, encouraging personal exploration of one’s relationship to sound and listening.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.diapasongallery.org">http://www.diapasongallery.org</a> Diapason is supported by NYSCA, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Phaedrus Foundation, the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, MediaThe Foundation, The Trust for Mutual Understanding, Kirk Radke, and by generous individuals. Diapason is a 501(c)3 organization.</div>