Vincent Barras
VINCENT BARRAS
Vincent Barras is a Swiss musician, performer, historian and translator born in 1956. He followed a double degree in literary and medical studies supplemented by a training in history and philosophy of science. He focuses in particular on sound art, experimental literature, and sound poetry, which he practices as an author and performer. He is also an editor on poetry, music, contemporary art, the history of medicine, the body, and psychiatry. He is the editor of the magazine and the Contrechamps editions. As a translator, Vincent Barras helps to promote some of the major works of various trends in poetry and contemporary literature. Among other things, he translated Introduction à la sociologie de la musique by Theodor W. Adorno, and proposed a French version of John Cage's Silence. Vincent Barras is also Professor of the History of Medicine at the University of Lausanne, and teaches at the same time at the Ecole supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Geneva.
Vincent Barras est un musicien,
performer, historien et traducteur suisse né en 1956. Il a suivi un
double cursus en études littéraires et de médecine complété par
une formation en histoire et philosophie des sciences. Il se
concentre notamment sur l'art sonore, la littérature expérimentale,
et la poésie sonore qu'il pratique comme auteur et performer. Il
est également rédacteur sur la poésie, la musique, l'art
contemporain, l'histoire de la médecine, du corps, et de la
psychiatrie. Il est éditeur de la revue et des éditions
Contrechamps. En qualité de traducteur, Vincent Barras contribue à
faire connaître et rayonner certains travaux majeurs de diverses
tendances de la poésie et de la littérature contemporaine. Il a
entre autres traduit Introduction à la sociologie de la musique
de Theodor W. Adorno, et proposé une version française de Silence
de John Cage. Vincent Barras est également professeur d'histoire
de la médecine à l'Université de Lausanne, et enseigne
parallèlement à l'Ecole supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Genève.
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Vincent Barras is a Swiss musician, performer, historian and translator born in 1956. He followed a double degree in literary and medical studies supplemented by a training in history and philosophy of science. He focuses in particular on sound art, experimental literature, and sound poetry, which he practices as an author and performer. He is also an editor on poetry, music, contemporary art, the history of medicine, the body, and psychiatry. He is the editor of the magazine and the Contrechamps editions. As a translator, Vincent Barras helps to promote some of the major works of various trends in poetry and contemporary literature. Among other things, he translated Introduction à la sociologie de la musique by Theodor W. Adorno, and proposed a French version of John Cage's Silence. Vincent Barras is also Professor of the History of Medicine at the University of Lausanne, and teaches at the same time at the Ecole supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Geneva.
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