Edgard Varèse (1883-1965)
Poème électronique, Brüssel 1958
It is only some decades that space has become an aspect of music lending
itself to intensive and not only casual exploration by the artists. One
of the first sound spaces in the rather young history of plastic work
with sound is Edgard Varèse's
Poème électronique,
in which the usually divided arts of music and architecture meet and
form an outstanding work.
Upon the invitation of the Philips Company,
who wanted to make themselves known at the World Fair in Brussels in
1958, Le Corbusier suggested the project of a pavilion. Iannis Xenakis
designing the architecture and Edgard Varèse rendering the
pavilion musically.
Have a look at the following link
Edgard Varèse.
A
space
for Edgard Varèse was realised in Galerie Giannozzo, Berlin and documented on an audiocassette in
Edition Giannozzo Berlin
.
