An Architect Draws Sound and Light: New Perspectives on Iannis Xenakis's Diatope and La Légende d'Eer (1978) | Zendy

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An Architect Draws Sound and Light: New Perspectives on Iannis Xenakis's Diatope and La Légende d'Eer (1978)

Author(s) -

Elisavet Kiourtsoglou

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

computer music journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.219

H-Index - 41

eISSN - 1531-5169

pISSN - 0148-9267

DOI - 10.1162/comj_a_00437

Subject(s) - spatialization , representation (politics) , electroacoustic music , visual arts , computer science , sound (geography) , space (punctuation) , key (lock) , art , aesthetics , art history , literature , musical , acoustics , computer security , politics , political science , law , operating system , physics

This article examines the creative process of Diatope, a multimedia project created by Iannis Xenakis in 1978 for the inauguration of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, utilizing analytical research of sources found in several archives. By interpreting Xenakis's sketches and plans, the article elucidates for the first time the spatialization of La Légende d'Eer, the music featured in the Diatope. The f...

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