HARPS goes ICON

The 3rd International Congress of Numanities “Processes, Maps, Narratives”, organized by the International Semiotics Institute, takes place on May 23-26 at the Kaunas University of Technology. HARPS’s activities are featured in one of the sessions of the congress, which is called “Mapping the Tools of Performance Studies and Artistic Research”. The session (directed by the HARPS coordinator Lina Navickaitė-Martinelli) features a variety of topics meant to overview the recent trends and methodological as well as thematic directions of artistic research and performance studies. The following papers will be presented: “The Play-Write: Scripts and Narratives of Artistic Research in Music Performance“ (Assoc. Prof. of LMTA, Dr. Lina Navickaitė-Martinelli), “Mapping the Process of Piano Improvisation“ (artistic doctorate researcher of LMTA Mykolas Bazaras), “”György Ligeti’s Études for Piano” Book I: Contribution to the Concept of a Versatile Pianist / Processing New Guidelines for Piano Performers“ (artistic doctorate researcher of LMTA Motiejus Bazaras), “Aspects of Artistic Research within the Sound-Image Studies“ (artistic doctorate researcher of Vilnius Arts Academy Vygintas Orlovas), “Artistic Research as an Urge of New Knowledge“ (Assoc. Prof. of LMTA, Dr. Ramunė Balevičiūtė), “At a Crossroads: New Media, Performance Art, and Three Projects of Eva and Franc Mattes” (Assist. Prof. at the School of Media and Audiovisual Culture, University of Lodz Dr. Dagmara Rode), “The Process of Transcultural Communication in Artistic Research: Flamenco Meets Sutartinė” (artistic doctorate researcher of LMTA Brigita Bublytė), and “The Use of Verbal Tools in Postdramatic Theatre of Musical Narration” (artistic doctorate researcher of LMTA Rita Mačiliūnaitė-Dočkuvienė).

On May 25, the artistic program of the Congress will be enriched by the screening of “Sutarmenko – A Marriage of Sutartinės and Flamenco”, a documentary on the two cultural traditions introduced by the project’s author and performer Brigita Bublytė.