Pavel Klusák: Electric Woman
The overlooked stories of women who shaped electronic music.
Pauline Oliveros, Daphne Oram, Delia Derbyshire and others. Their contributions to the development of electronic music have only recently begun to receive the recognition they deserve. Part immersive listening experience, part lecture, this programme is dedicated to ten women who played a major role in the evolution of electronic music during the 20th century. It reminds us that the field was often shaped by women with a strong vision, a distinctive approach, the courage to experiment and a desire to explore the creative possibilities of new technologies.
Their role has only recently begun to be fully appreciated, whether they worked in Europe like Daphne Oram, in the United States like Pauline Oliveros, or came from Latin America like Beatriz Ferreyra.
The programme is for anyone interested in the overlooked stories of influential women in music, technology and art.
It also offers an accessible introduction to the different stages and forms of electronic culture’s development.
PAVEL KLUSÁK (1969)
A music journalist from an artistic family, he studied Czech language and literature at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University and screenwriting at DAMU. He consistently explores contemporary music, particularly independent music in an age dominated by streaming platforms (Co je nového v hudbě, 2018).
He previously worked for Týden, Respekt and the Orientace supplement of Lidové noviny. His writing now appears mainly on aktualne.cz and in Deník N. He has also worked as a music programmer for the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival.
His research into the links between pop culture and the totalitarian regime has informed, among other projects, his series for Czech Radio (Vášeň a zrada, Podivný showbyznys).
He is the author of the encyclopaedias 101 největších alb pop-music (2006) and Uvnitř banánu (2020). He also explored the cult of personality surrounding Karel Gott in his script for the fictional mock-documentary Vynález krásy (1994) and the podcast Gotťák (since 2021). He examined a contrasting artistic approach to the music of that era in the documentary Hudba Zdeněk Liška (2017).
Admission: CZK 200 / students and ages 65+: CZK 100 / supporter ticket: CZK 350
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