Rock’s Role: After Ryoanji

Sound/Art, a symposium
Three considerations of sound as an environmental presence:

Christoph Cox, Department of Philosophy, Hampshire College Ronald Kuivila, Department of Music, Wesleyan University Jonathan Sterne, Department of Communications, University of ittsburgh

Sound in the places of Art, a panel discussion
Panelists:
Joe Thompson, director Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA; Anthony Huberman, Program Director, SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY; Michael Schumacher artist, founder of Diapason gallery, New York, NY

Music, Sound, Time, Duration
Drawing on Henri Bergson’s distinction between time and duration and the work of composers ranging from Morton Feldman to Tony Conrad, Christoph Cox examines the changes in the conception of time found in the shift from music to sound and sound art.

Channeling Sound
The scream of Howard Dean made no impression on reporters at the actual event, but, isolated with a directional microphone, it became a literal show-stopper as content for multiple media channels. From this starting point, Ron Kuivila discusses signal, noise, and the contingency of audible meaning.

The non-aggressive music deterrent
Jonathan Sterne examines the history of the use of programmed music to deter loitering in public spaces. He argues that by considering relationship of programmed music and consumption, we can better understand the acoustic politics of public space.