Oralité

Conçu comme une entrée d’encyclopédie historique, cet essai met particulièrement l’accent sur la valeur qualitative de la vocalité, sur le corps comme médium de la voix, sur l’indissociabilité de la parole poétique et du chant, tout autant que du geste. Définie par la performance même, l’oralité y apparaît comme une forme élémentaire de théâtralité. Loin de renvoyer à une oralisation de type archaïque, on prête attention aux techniques de reproduction modernes — disque, bande magnétique, radio, télévision, film… — et à leurs effets de « remédiation » des phénomènes d’oralité. La revendication d’une forte autonomie du fait oral va ici de pair avec l’analyse de ses rapports complexes au monde de l’écrit, tout comme de celle des nouvelles formes d’oralité médiatisée.Conceived as an article for a historical encyclopedia, this essay puts a singular emphasis on the qualitative value of vocality, on the body as a medium for the voice, on the inseparability of gesture, poetical voice and singing. Defined by performance in itself, orality appears here as an elementary form of theatricality. Instead of going back to archaic oralization, the author considers modern technical means of reproduction—audio record, magnetic tape, radio, television, film…—along with their “remediation” of orality phenomena. The demand for a strong oral autonomy leads to an analysis of the complex relationships of orality with the world of the written, as well as with an analysis of new forms of media orality

Kunsthaus Bregenz

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Vals Thermal Baths

Material of interest: Valser Quartzrite. Properties of material: This stone unique to the area has an unique blend of quartz and feldspar crystals giving it a green hue.https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bcs/1108/thumbnail.jp

Thermal Vals for Hotel Thermal Vals in Graubhunden Canton, Switzerland

Material of interest: Stone Material used: Valser quartzite slab Properties of material: Locally quarried Valser quartzite slabs are used on the exterior walls of the building. these slabs create thermal mass for the structure as well as enhancing the aesthetic appeal of the building.https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bcs/1113/thumbnail.jp

The Therme Vals

The idea was to create a form of cave or quarry like structure. Working with the natural surroundings the bath rooms lay below a grass roof structure half buried into the hillside. The Therme Vals is built from layer upon layer of locally quarried Valser Quarzite slabs. This stone became the driving inspiration for the design, and is used with great dignity and respect.https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bcs/1261/thumbnail.jp

Vals Thermal Baths

Material of interest: Valser Quartzrite. Properties of material: This stone unique to the area has an unique blend of quartz and feldspar crystals giving it a green hue.https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bcs/1108/thumbnail.jp

Bruder Klaus Field Chapel

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