System Failure: Beyond the female pioneer trope in electronic music? ft. Johann
Toronto, 10.11.21
This episode explores the writing of electronic music history beyond the Anglo-American female pioneer trope through the works of less known women who produced electro-acoustic and electronic music from the 60’s to the 90’s. Johann Merrich, electronic music artist, independent researcher and sound educator from Italy, author of A short history of electronic music and its women protagonists” discusses the process, challenges and politics of uncovering these histories and the erasure of non-white non-Anglo-American women's work in early electronic experimental and electroacoustic music.
Tracklist
- Mireille Chamass-Kyrou - Étude I
- Maddalena Fagandini - Interval Signal
- Mieko Shiomi – Requiem For George Maciunas
- Teresa Rampazzi - With the Light Pen
- Elzbieta Sikora - Voyage II
- Jacqueline Nova -Oposición-Fusión
- Hilda Dianda - Después del silencio
- Beatriz Ferreyra - Medisances
- Vânia Dantas Leite - Di-stances
- Wang Miao-Wen - Contradiction harmonieuse
- Interview with Johann Merrich, electronic music artist and author of “A short history of electronic music and its women protagonists” .
- Lena Platonos - Salome’s Dance