Radio International: Susan Philipsz Artist Talk + Orpheus Film Screening, Bourdon Lecture Theatre

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Radio International: Susan Philipsz Artist Talk + Orpheus Film Screening

Project is only open to Glasgow School of Art students

Welcome to the project launch of Radio International for Glasgow International (Festival of Contempory Art) with Susan Philipsz, students from Glasgow School of Art and Hochschule für Bildende Kunst.

Join us on the 22nd of February 5-8pm in the Bourdon Lecture theatre for the project introduction, Susan Philipsz artist talk and Orpheus film screening.

Project Introduction

In collaberation with Hill52 (GSA Student Radio) and GSA students, a series of sound art workshops led by Josh Tucci will be held to help students in creating sound art. These sound works will then be broadcast to a parked car in Glasgow for the GI Festival. Experiencing the works in a car will create both a sense of intimacy while also suggesting other locations and dimensions beyond our immediate surroundings.

No experience of any kind is required to be part of the project, but it is important to attend the artist talk and film screening to sign up.

Link to Glasgow International Festival Programme

About Susan Philipsz

Susan Philipsz was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1965. Philipsz’s work explores the psychological and sculptural dimensions of sound, with recordings of her voice and a variety of reworked musical compositions. Susan Philipsz was awarded the 2010 Turner Prize for her work Lowlands which was commissioned for Glasgow International in 2010. Radio International was originally presented in Hochschule für Bildende Kunst, Dresden (2021) and was subsequently featured in Manifesta 14 Prishtina (2022).

About Orpheus by Jean Cocteau (1950)

The project is inspired by the film Orpheus in which the main protagonist is obsessed by the coded messages and abstract poems that are transmitted from an unknown station to his car radio.

Jean Cocteau’s update of the Orpheus myth depicts a famous poet (Jean Marais), scorned by the Left Bank youth, and his love for both his wife, Eurydice (Marie Déa), and a mysterious princess (Maria Casarès). Seeking inspiration, the poet follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead, through Cocteau’s famous mirrored portal. Orpheus’s peerless visual poetry and dreamlike storytelling represent the legendary Cocteau at the height of his powers.

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