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Universal Anthem<\/h1>\n

April 25, 2015<\/h2>\n

Concept: Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 R\u00e9aliste\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 R\u00e9aliste, in cooperation with computer engineer Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Maucl\u00e8re, has developed a software calculating average musical notations from MIDI files. The artists used this new software to calculate the average national anthem of the 193 member states of the United Nations. It is known that although the UN is an organization born from the union of nations according to its name, does not have an anthem, a song which is going beyond the nation states self-image and self-definition. But if we think about it, the pursuit of universality can\u2019t really be sung as long as the individual states formulate their separation, dissimilarity from the other states and nations in their anthems. So the writing of any universal anthem containing national aspirations and brought to common ground is doomed to be unsuccessful. The software, of course, carries out the operation by decomposing track by track all these anthems. It means that the very first note is the average of all the 193 first notes, the second note is the average of all the 193 second notes, etc. until the last note of the longest anthem. The universal anthem containing every anthem is born as such, but being rendered only out of machinic algorithms, it remains unplayable by traditional instruments and living people.<\/p>\n

At the Living memoral, with the contribution of the THReNSeMBle orchestra (conductor and art director Bal\u00e1zs Horv\u00e1th) and composer Cora Miron, the artists will attempt the inevitable human interpretation: they will try to play the composition generated orginally for 12 instruments.<\/p>\n

Curator: R\u00f3na Kopeczky<\/p>\n

Musicians: THReNSeMBle (http:\/\/thrensemble.com\/)<\/p>\n

Artistic director, conductor: Bal\u00e1zs Horv\u00e1th<\/p>\n

Moderator: Horv\u00e1th Bal\u00e1zs Byron<\/p>\n

Venue: Eleven Eml\u00e9km\u0171 (1054 Budapest, Szabads\u00e1g t\u00e9r)<\/p>\n

Special thanks to Kati Kim<\/p>\n

Supported by: the French Instiute, Budapest<\/p>\n

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Photo: Zolt\u00e1n Kerekes \u00a9 OFF-Biennale Budapest archive<\/p><\/div>\n

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Photo: Zolt\u00e1n Kerekes \u00a9 OFF-Biennale Budapest archive<\/p><\/div>\n

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Photo: Zolt\u00e1n Kerekes \u00a9 OFF-Biennale Budapest archive<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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