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Architecture as a Mnemonic Device: Robert Fludd’s Temple of Music

November 1, 2020 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

English physician and polymath Robert Fludd (1574-1637) had interests spanning from scientific knowledge to occult disciplines. His approach to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Culture, Representation: Graphic Scores, Sounds, Visual Atlas Tagged With: art of memory, hermetism, music

John Mehegan, Jazz Improvisation (1959-65)

January 9, 2019 by Fosco Lucarelli 2 Comments

Jazz Improvisation is a series of 4 books edited by pianist, composer, lecturer, and critic John Mehegan between 1959 and 1965. Today considered … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Culture, Sounds Tagged With: Collage, covers, graphic design, improvisation, jazz, music, photography

Joseph Müller-Brockmann: Musica Viva Posters for the Zurich Tonhalle

November 30, 2016 by Fosco Lucarelli 3 Comments

Josef Müller-Brockmann (1914-1996) was an influential graphic and exhibition designer and photographer who lived and worked in Zurich. As the leading … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Media, Representation: Graphic Scores, Sounds Tagged With: Design, grid, music

Brian Eno, Light Music

June 7, 2016 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

In 2014, the renowned composer, producer and all encompassing art theorist Brian Eno ( see Socks's post "Before and After Science"), worked on a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Media, Sounds Tagged With: form, media art, music, sound

“I haven’t found a measure yet / To calibrate my displeasure yet”: The design sensibility of post-punk band WIRE

August 3, 2014 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

  The stark urgency and clean lines of their prose mirrored the light-metal severity of groups like Wire, the Banshees, and Gang of Four, just … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Media, Sounds Tagged With: album, cover, form of form, music, post-punk

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