Program

25 OCTOBER, wednesday

09h00


REGISTRATION
Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT)
Generators Room

10h00 – 10h30
OPENING SESSION
Opening Session by Teresa Cid (Director of ULICES), Paulo Jorge Farmhouse Simões Alberto (Director of FLUL), Anabela Duarte (organizer, UL), Andrew Hussey (co-organizer, ULondon), Edgardo Medeiros da Silva (Research Group of American Studies), Pedro Gadanho (MAAT).


10h30-10h45
WORKSHOP “THE INVISIBLE CIRCUS” – AVANT-GARDE MANIFESTO FOR THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
w/ Ricardo Castro and the Boogeyman
Intro


10h45-11h30
COFFEE-BREAK
Condensators Room


11h30-12h30
RECORDING AND ORCHESTRATING ISOU & LETTRIST POETRY-MUSIC
Plenary Session with Frédéric Acquaviva (La Plaque Tournante, FR)
Chair: Anabela Duarte (University of Lisbon, ULICES, PT)

12h30-13h45 Panel Sessions

AVANT-GARDES REVISITED I
Chair: Manuel Portela (Universidade de Coimbra, PT)
Generators Room
THE SEMANTIC BOMB
Guy Maruani (Independent, FR)
DADAIST MUSIC AND STRATEGIES OF ANTI-ART
Paul Ingram (University of London, UK)
THE POLITICS OF A VOICE – DEMETRIO STRATOS
Fabio Guidali (Università di Milano, IT)
DADA DIALECTICS: COUNTERCULTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
Kathryn M. Floyd (Auburn University, USA) and Brett M. Van Hoesen (University of Nevada, USA)

13h45-14h45
LUNCH


14h45-15h45
“All Poets are Yids!”: A Beginners's Guide to Isidore Isou
Plenary Session with Andrew Hussey (University of London, SAS,UK)
Chair: Teresa Cid (University of Lisbon, ULICES, PT)
Generators Room

 15h45-17h00 Panel Sessions 

TRANSATLANTIC AVANT-GARDES AND COUNTERCULTURE I
EUGENE JOLAS AND THE TRANSATLANTIC AVANT-GARDE
Panel organized and chaired by Vladimir Feshchenko PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Generators Room
Abstraction and Universals: from Transition (1927–38) to Documenta (1955–)
Barrett Watten (Wayne State University, USA)
Skype Presentation
Eugene Jolas’ Universal Language
Olga Sokolova (Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences, RU)
Eugene Jolas and “The Malady of Language
Jason Parks (Anderson University, Indiana, USA)

 

17h00-17h30
COFFEE-BREAK
Condensators Room


17h30-19h00
WORKSHOP KOMPLEX – KABARET LISBON, BY MARIANO EQUIZZI (IT)
Theoretical Session
Generators Room

19h00-21h00
DINNER


21h00-23h00
CONCERT BY FRÉDÉRIC ACQUAVIVA AND LORÉ LIXENBERG
Generators Room

 


 26 OCTOBER thursday

University of Lisbon – Faculty of Letters

10h00


WORKSHOPS RUNNING:
1.
KOMPLEX KABARET LISBON
All day
Outdoors
2.THE INVISIBLE CIRCUS w/ THE BOOGEYMAN
10h-13h/14h-17h
Room 14.2


10h00-11h30 Panel Sessions

THE POLITICS AND AESTHETICS OF INVISIBILITY I
Chair: Anabela Duarte (University of Lisbon, ULICES, PT)
Amphitheater III
AVANT-GARDES REVISITED II
Chair: Marta Soares (New University of Lisbon, IHA/FCSH)
Room 5.2
INVISIBLE REPUBLIC/INVISIBLE EMPIRE: BOB DYLAN AND THE BEATLES c. 1967
Rodney Nevitt
(University of Houston, USA)
O CIRCUITO DA POESIA SONORA: FESTIVAIS, REDES E RELAÇÕES TRANSATLÂNTICAS
Nuno Miguel Neves (Universidade de Coimbra, PT)
INTERPLAY OF THE VISIBLE AND THE INVISIBLE: THE RADICAL SUBJECTIVITY OF THE ZAPATISTAS
Tijen Tunali
(University of Tours François Rabelais, FR)
REMIX FOTOCOPIADO, SAMPLING VISUAL, MASHUP DE PAPEL: A COPY ART DE CÉSAR FIGUEIREDO
Bruno Ministro (Universidade de Coimbra, PT
1,000 INVISIBLE THINGS
Performance Lecture
Gabrielle Senza (Transart Institute, UK)
AURALIDADE E POESIA CIBORGUE: LER A VOZ E DIZER A ESCRITA
Ana Marques Silva (Universidade de Coimbra, PT
  A (in)Visibilidade do artesanto na historiografia da arte dos séculos XX e XXI
Inês Jorge (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, PT)

11h30-12h00
COFFEE-BREAK
Hall of Amphitheater III


12h00-13h00
A Culture of Protest: Between Avant-Garde and Activism, 1947-1977
Plenary Session with Kevin Repp (Yale University, USA)
Chair: Andrew Hussey (University of London, SAS, GB)
Amphitheater III

13h00-14h00
LUNCH


14h00-16h00
INVISIBILITY LAB interactive installation
by Gabrielle Senza (Transart Institute, UK)
Hall of Amphitheater III

15h00-16h15 Panel Sessions

NEW POETIC LANGUAGES, CINEMA AND TECHNOLOGY I
Chair: Ana Barroso (University of Lisbon, ULICES, UL)
Amphitheater III
MUSIC, SOUND/SOUNDSCAPE AND LITERATURE I
Chair: Manuel Silva (New University of Lisbon, INET-MD, PT)
Room 5.2
REVISITING UNWORD – SOUND AS RADICAL DISCOURSE
Claire M. Holdsworth
(Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London, GB) 
New York Composers: Government Funded Songs on Surrealist Texts, 1935-1939
Carole Blankenship (
Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, USA)
CIAO MANHATTAN: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE UNDERGROUND
Kostoula Kaloudi
(University of Peloponnese, GR)
MUSIC AND MODERNISM IN THE POETRY OF T.S. ELIOT AND WALLACE STEVENS
Hicham Ali Belleili
(University of Boumerdes, DZK)
POSTMODERNISM, AVANT-GARDE AND NEO DADAISM: THE LEGACY OF BOGUSLAW SCHAEFFER
Michal Zdunik (University of Warsaw, PO)
 MUSIC, LITERATURE AND CINEMA: WHEN THE NARRATIVE IS GUIDED BY THE SCORE
Francesco Bacci (University of Macerata, IT

16h15-16h45
COFFEE-BREAK
Hall of Amphitheater III


16h45-17h45
Disturbing Codes, Distancing Effects
Plenary Session with Bronac Ferran (University of London, GB)
Chair: TBA
Amphitheater III

17h45-19h15 Panel Sessions

AVANT- GARDES REVISITED III
Chair: Sandra Vieira Jurgens (New University of Lisbon, IHA, PT)
Amphitheater III
TRANSATLANTIC AVANT-GARDES AND COUNTERCULTURE II
Chair: Ana Mendes (University of Lisbon, ULICES, PT)
Room 5.3
POP AVANT-GARDE IN CHINESE ART IN THE POST-TIAN’ANMEN ERA
Maciej Szatkowski (Nicolaus Copernicus University, PO) 
 EXPERIMENTS IN COMMUNITY AND ART: FROM BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE TO THE GATE HILL COOPERATIVE
Multimedia
Mark Davenport
(Regis University, USA)
ALBERTO GRECO’S VIVO-DITO AND THE NOMADIC PRACTICE OF THE NEO-AVANTGARDE
Fernando Herrero-Matoses (Boston University in Madrid, SP)
 HOW DOES NEO-TRIBALISM FACTOR IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN INDEPENDENT RECORD LABEL?
Jonathan Lindley (
University of Huddersfield, UK)
EARLY AVANT-GARDE: EXCEEDING NATIONAL, LINGUISTIC AND STYLISTIC BOUNDARIES
Michal Wenderski (Adam Mickiewicz University, PO)
 SOUNDTRACK OF THE “INVISIBLE EMPIRE”: VISIONS OF AMERICA IN WHITE POWER MUSIC
Axelle Germanaz
(Universitat Nurnberg-Erlangen, DE)
GOTHIC AS THE FIRST AVANT-GARDE ART
Maria Antónia Lima
(University of Évora, PT
RAW AND RAGGED: ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM AND DIXIELAND JAZZ IN POSTWAR SAN FRANCISCO
Carl Schmidt (Independent, USA)
19h15-20h15
LE CABARÉT DISCRÉPANT dance film
Introduction by Pascal Quéneau (FR)
Chair: Luísa Falcão (University of Lisbon, ULICES, PT)
Amphitheater III

20h30-21h30
BUS TO ROSSIO, CAFÉ GARRET

21h30
CONFERENCE DINNER
Café Garret
Teatro Dona Maria II


 27 OCTOBER friday

University of Lisbon – Faculty of Letters and ZDB Gallery

9h00-12h00 
WORKSHOP - THE POETICS OF VOICE
Américo Rodrigues, coordinator
Congress Room - Library

WORKSHOPS RUNNING:
1.KOMPLEX KABARET LISBON
All day
Outdoors
2.THE INVISIBLE CIRCUS
w/ Ricardo Castro and The Boogeyman
10h-13h/14h-17h
Room 14.2


10h30-11h30
THE PARADIGM OF YOUTH: THE LETTRIST CONTRIBUTION TO A NEW AGE OF PROTEST (1946-1968)
Plenary Session with Sylvain Montégu (Les Cahiers de l'Externité, FR)
Chair: José Miranda Justo (University of Lisbon, CFUL, PT)
Amphitheater III

11h30-12h00
COFFEE BREAK


12h00-13h30 Panel Sessions

NEW POETIC LANGUAGES, CINEMA AND TECHNOLOGY
Chair: Fernando Fadigas (University of Lisbon, FBAUL, PT)
Amphitheater III
Music/Sound/Soundscape and Literature II
Chair: António Ângelo Vasconcelos (Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, PT)
Room 5.3
GRAVITAS: A NON-LINEAR AUDIOVISUAL CADAVRE EXQUIS FOR TIMES OF LEXICAL REDUCTION
Daniel Brandão
(University of Porto, PT) and Heitor Alvelos (University of Porto, PT) and Anselmo Canha (University of do Porto, PT
“ANOTHER COUNTRY”: O CARNAVAL DE THE BASEMENT TAPES
Maria Fernandes
(Universidade Nova de Lisboa, PT)
ON ANTIVIRAL MUSIC
Eric Lyon (Virginia Tech, USA) 
O PENSAMENTO DE HANS EGGEBRECHT APLICADO À MÚSICA CONCRETA
Fábio Martins (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, PT) 
CODING PRAXIS FOR MUSIC TECHNOLGY: A CRITICAL THEORY APPROACH
Andrew Telichan-Phillips (New York University, USA) and Daniel Marchwinski (Oakland University, USA 
ACASO: A ORIGEM DA OBRA DE JOHN CAGE
Ana Luísa Valdeira (Universidade de Lisboa, PT
  ARES DE FLAMENCO NA INTERNACIONAL LETRISTA
Benito Barja (University Paris-Sorbonne, FR)

13h30-14h30
LUNCH TIME


14h30-15h45 Panel Sessions

AVANT-GARDES REVISITED IV
Chair: Isabel Oliveira Martins (New University of Lisbon, PT)
Amphitheater III 
 THE POLITICS AND AESTHETICS OF INVISIBILITY II
Chair: Daniel Brandão (University of Porto, PT)
Room 5.3
“BE PLURAL LIKE THE UNIVERSE” – YIDDISH AND AVANT-GARDE
Aviv Livnat
(Tel Aviv University and Bezalel Academy of Art, IE)
Multimedia Presentation
DIÁRIO DA REPÚBLICA: HEAVY-METAL AS A TERRITORY OF EMANCIPATION FROM NEOLIBERAL HYPER-SCRUTINY
Heitor Alvelos
(University of Porto, PT) and Anselmo Canha (University of Porto, PT)
LETTRISM IN CONCRETE MUSIC
Loïc Bertrand (Paris Diderot University, FR)
INVISIBLE ENVIRONMENTS: CAyC AND COUNTERCULTURAL CYBERNETICS
Jye O’Sullivan (Dublin Institute of Technology, IE) 
SITUATIONISM, MUSICAL EXPERIMENTATION AND WALTER OLMO
Lola San Martin Arbide (University of Oxford, GB)
 

15h45-17h15 Panel Sessions

AVANT-GARDES REVISITED V
Chair: Pedro Roxo (New University of Lisbon, INET-MD, PT)
Amphitheater III
Music/Sound/Soundscape and Literature III
Chair: Jorge dos Reis (University of Lisbon, FBAUL, PT)
Room 5.3 
THE SAME PLACE FROM WORLDS’ APART: ELIMINATING THE CONCEPT OF STYLE
Stephany Tiernan (Berklee College of Music, USA)
DUMB, MUSICAL AND MEASURABLE: A CLOSE READING OF A STUPIDOGRAMM
Maggie Rosenau
(University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
SOUND AS MODEL: MURAIL VERSUS LUCIER
Bert Van Herck (New England Conservatory, USA)
VOCAL UTOPIAS, VERBAL MAGIC AND SOUND PAINTING IN RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE POETRY
Vladimir Feshchenko (Russian Academy of Sciences, RU)
Going out. Peripatetic music and listening in the 60s
Elena Biserna (École Supérieure d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence, FR)
THE IMAGO DEI OF WILLIAM BURROUGHS: RELIGION & LITERARY CLOSURE IN THE NOVA TRILOGY
James Leveque (University of Edimburgh, GB) 
  A NEW COHESIVE ELEMENT: ABSTRACT ART AND IAN HAMILTON FINLA
Natalie Ferris (University of Oxford, GB)

17h30-18h30
BUS to ZDB Gallery


18h30-20h30
FILM SESSION: TRAITÉ DE BAVE ET D’ETÉRNITÉ, 1951
by Isidore isou
Terrace
Intro by Kaira Cabañas (University of Florida, USA)

20h30-21h30
FINAL COCKTAIL PARTY

THE DRIFT PRINCIPLE: CIRCUIT BENDING PERFORMANCE
by LOÏC BERTRAND (FR)
w/ home-made electronics (toys, radios, tapes and CD players) – 15’
Terrace Room