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Simian Podcasts · January 15 · 52 min

Iannis Xenakis, La Légende d’Eer by Chris Cutler

In this podcast, music theorist Chris Cutler charts the artist Iannis Xenakis’ path from architectural forms to stochastic music, tracing a life shaped by war, exile, and radical creativity. The episode accompanies an exhibition at Simian, presenting La Légende d’Eer, Xenakis’ seminal composition from 1977 as a spatial installation, restored and remastered from the original tapes. The transcript with footnotes can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/lalegendedeertranscript

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In this podcast, music theorist Chris Cutler charts the artist Iannis Xenakis’ path from architectural forms to stochastic music, tracing a life shaped by war, exile, and radical creativity.

The episode accompanies an exhibition at Simian, presenting La Légende d’Eer, Xenakis’ seminal composition from 1977 as a spatial installation, restored and remastered from the original tapes.


The transcript with footnotes can be found here:

https://tinyurl.com/lalegendedeertranscript