Polyphonic Entanglements in Sydhavn is Buzzing

    Activity: Talk or presentationLecture and oral contribution

    Description

    In this presentation I trace the many different entanglements of Sydhavn is Buzzing and reflect upon what this teaches us about art’s social interactions in local contexts. My experience of Sydhavn is Buzzing and its entanglements in the Copenhagen area of Sydhavn let me to anthropologist Anna Tsing’s notion of polyphonic assemblages. She uses this notion to describe unpredictable interactions between different species in local environments, polyphony referring to the experience of listening to independent tunes interrelating without necessarily forming a joint melody, except perhaps very sporadically.
    Period20 May 2022
    Event titleThe Art of Detour(s): Entanglements and Failures as Artistic Navigation
    Event typeConference
    OrganiserDansehallerne
    LocationKøbenhavn, DenmarkShow on map