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INVITATION to contribute to: ‘Nuits et Noirs Nr. 3 – Sacred Language’

Nuits et Noirs is a free PDF magazine, curated + released by R\A\W F\O\R\M\S

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Who wants to delve into the theme of this issue?
This quote from a letter of Antonin Artaud i found by coincidence during the making of a series of soundpoems titled ‘If one speaks the sacred language’ and i thought the sentence by Artaud was very suiting:
“I am adding another language to the spoken language, and I am trying to restore to the language of speech its old magic, its essential spellbinding power, for its mysterious possibilities have been forgotten.”

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If one wants to contribute, the questions to be answered are:
– Have “the mysterious possibilities of language” – of speech or otherwise – indeed been forgotten? If so, what is the quality of this loss? How does this loss sound?
– Is the magic of language still present? In what way\from? Can it be transmitted? How is it transmitted?
– Can a new language be created? Can a sacred language be created?

One can answer these question with:
– A visual work made exclusively for this project ;
– And\or a text – of any type;
– And\or a soundpoem, constructed from the raw soundmaterial of this series of soundpoems.

So, it is possible to contributed with a maximum of 3 works, with the sole condition that different art forms are practised.
The 2 or 3 works may form a unity or may be independent works.

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With regard to the soundpoem:
– If you want to participate, i can send you a collection of soundmaterial, please message me;
– It is free to combine it with your own material;
– i will upload your soundpoem on the Bandcamppage of this project;
– There could be a physical release too.

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Deadline: 14 february 2016

Publication date: 18 february 2016

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