In Perspective | Episode Nine
Cy Twombly
&
Pierre Henry
Pierre Henry, Le Voile d’Orphée (1953)
Nicolas Vérin – Sound direction
on the loudspeaker orchestra of Studio Son/Ré
Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio, Rome
Ph. Valerio Polici
The episode nine guides the viewer to explore the connection between Cy Twombly and the French composer Pierre Henry, pioneer of musique concrète and electronic music. In 1953 Cy Twombly was struck by one of Pierre Henry’s concert, Le Voile d’Orphée (1953), that he heard on the radio, and drew inspiration from it for the paintings Treatise on the Veil (1968) and Treatise on the Veil [Second Version] (1970).
The podcast Pierre Henry. The Poetics of Noise, especially thought for this episode by the music journalist and radio host Francesco Adinolfi, takes the audience to discover the figures and the works of Pierre Henry and his friend and collaborator Pierre Schaeffer as well as their legacy in contemporary music. A video of the performance of Le Voile d’Orphée directed by Nicola Vérin on the loudspeaker orchestra of Studio Son/Ré will be available on view and a special playlist dedicated to Pierre Henry and his legacy will be the soundtrack of the full episode.
