TRINH T. MINH-HA Conversation

Minard

ZAT/SAT 1 APRIL 14:00

A conversation with Trinh T. Minh-ha

Hoe kunnen we denken en spreken over de notie “speaking nearby,” dat een fundamentele leidraad vormt doorheen het werk van Trinh T. Minh-ha? Hoe verhoudt het zich tot gebaren van respect, verwondering, liefde? Hoe vertaalt het zich naar de kunstvorm die cinema heet, verbaal, muzikaal, visueel? Deze vragen vormen het uitgangspunt voor een uitgebreid gesprek met Trinh T. Minh-ha.

How can we think and speak about the notion of "speaking nearby," which is a fundamental guiding principle throughout Trinh T. Minh-ha's work? How does it relate to gestures of respect, wonder, love? How does it translate into the art form called cinema, verbally, musically, visually? These questions are the starting point for an extended conversation with Trinh T. Minh-ha.

“To keep the relation of language to vision open, one would have to take the difference between them as the very line of departure for speech and writing, rather than as an unfortunate obstacle to be overcome. The interval, creatively maintained, allows words to set in motion dormant energies and to offer, with the impasse, a passage from one space (visual, musical, verbal, mental, physical) to another. To prevent the passage from closing itself off and to preserve the infinity of the task of speaking nearby, a number of conversations developed around specific books and films and are further assembled in an interrelational space of detour. Just as the form a film takes in the creating process can acutely materialize what it says in content, the way a film is talked about can, when circumstances allow in the encounter between interviewer(s) and interviewee, be keenly tuned to the way it is made.”

In the context of the research project Echoes of Dissent (KASK & Conservatory School of Arts)

PUBLICATIE / PUBLICATION

Ter gelegenheid van deze focus op het werk van Trinh

T. Minh-ha nodigden we muzikant, auteur en curator David Toop uit om te reflecteren op het klankwerk in haar films. De resulterende publicatie, getiteld Breath, rhythm, silence, resonance: listening beyond seeing in the films of Trinh T. Minh­ha is de eerste publicatie in de reeks Echoes of Dissent, gewijd aan de politiek van de klankband. Deze reeks maakt deel uit van het gelijknamige onderzoeksproject in de schoot van KASK & Conservatorium School of Arts Gent.

In the context of this focus on the work of Trinh T. Minh-ha, we invited musician, author and curator David Toop to reflect on the sound work in her films. The resulting publication, titled Breath, rhythm, silence, resonance: listening beyond seeing in the films of Trinh T. Minh­ha, is the first publication in the Echoes of Dissent series, devoted to the politics of the soundtrack. This series is part of the research project of the same name within KASK & Conservatorium School of Arts Ghent.