THE FORCE TO OWN TIME

Abstract

EAA (European Archaeological Association) THE CALL (Session #369); chair—Vincent Paladino): This session shall examine the relationship between material culture and rhythms, from visual art to music in an attempt to define and express common components. Rhythm in painting is expressed as pattern distribution. In sculpture, rhythm is locked temporally, fusing the expression of a moment with timelessness, bringing forth a new expression from movement and being. Musical instruments convey the rhythmic movement of the breath or the hands through their shape, illustrating that existence as we know it is meaningless without rhythmic cycles which power life and beingness. The rhythms of place, of architecture and urban planning, shall be considered here; objects divided by space are experienced as related through rhythm, and temporality as a sense is quantified as movement, beats and rests. The manner and methods through which rhythm is integrated with objects of creation is here explored. We invite archaeologists, anthropologists and artists to contribute to this debate.