A scientifically-inclined organization, BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge, has awarded a self-taught Greek sonic artist, Georges Aperghis, with a nice compensation for his efforts of € 400.000,--. This ‘Award in the Contemporary Music Category’ was justified by Mr Aperghis’ ‘reinventing musical theatre and taking it in entirely new directions’.
Further
explications state: ‘He has opened up a unique path in the territory of musical
theatre employing new scenic devices whereby everything becomes music, starting
from the performer’s gestures and including sounds made by scenic elements or
objects used as percussion instruments.’
As
we know, science and art are two very different things, but
scientifically-inclined organizations are the last to notice. No wonder, then,
that a club like this BBVA (Baptistery for the Benefit of the Vandalism of Art)
are under the impression that products informed by mental illness, named after
an artist (aperghis syndrome), deserve an award, especially if the syndrome is
recognized and supported by the Institute for the Research of Crazy Anomalies
in Males (IRCAM).
Source:
http://slippedisc.com/2016/02/self-taught-greek-composer-wins-400000-euro-prize/#comment-99328
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