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With apologies for cross-posting Come one, come hear Come to the Salon Voltaire Celebrating the centennial founding of Dada Friday, 21 October 2016 - 18.00-20.00 Chancellor's Hall / Senate House / WC1E 7HU Sponsored by the Senate House Library and School of Advanced Study and brought to you as part of this year's Bloomsbury Festival 'inspired by language.' Bringing together academics and staff of the University of London, there will be various talks, readings and performances which evoke the spirit of the Cabaret Voltaire Tickets are £6 (with limited 50% off early booking for tickets (£3) QUOTE 'VOLTAIRE' at Checkout) and include a complimentary glass of wine. http://bloomsburyfestival.org.uk/festivalstories/salon-voltaire-at-senate-house/ Joanne Anderson (Warburg Institute) / Watch your language [vox populi] Sarah Churchwell (Institute of English Studies) / The Slang of the Jazz Age Catherine Davies (Institute of Modern Languages Research) / Reading Federico García Lorca's Poeta en Nueva York (Poet in New York) in Spanish and English. Sadaf Fahim (Institute of English Studies) / The Unprintable History of 'Jazz' Guido Giglioni (Warburg Institute) / Latin DADA Dominic Glynn (Institute of Modern Languages Research) / No man is an island Claire Launchbury (Institute of Historical Research/IMLR) / A landscape haunts intense as opium Katia Pizzi (Institute of Modern Languages Research) / Bombardamento (F.T. Marinetti) Gregory Toth (Senate House Library) / Tamkó and the Hungarian avant-garde Godela Weiss-Sussex (Institute of Modern Languages Research) / Gadji beri bimba: a Bi-lingual Reading of Texts by Hugo Ball Hannah Thompson (Leverhulme Sound Artist in Residence) / a-mora-lessa: voices of the unheard Vocal Constructivists performing Immrama / Charles Céleste Hutchins (b. 1976) Improvisation / Elsa Baroness von Freytag-Loringhoven (1874-1927) concerto / Lauren Redhead (b. 1985) 2 poems by Carl Andre / Ben Zucker (b. 1993) She was a visitor / Robert Ashley (1930-2014) There will be various visual and sonic installations from various artists including David Speck, Orlando Harrison, the Brexit Bunny and live-art streaming by Isobel Williams as well as the collaborative I Wall ¤¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤ Colin J.P. Homiski Curqtor, Salon Voltaire Research Librarian: Visual/Performing Arts & Philosophy Senate House Library, University of London Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU (T) +44 (0) 20 7862 8457 (F) +44 (0) 20 7862 8480 (O) South Block 513 (E) [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> (W) www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk<http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/> The University of London is an exempt charity in England and Wales. We are committed to achieving a 20% cut in emissions from University buildings by 2015. Please think before you print.