May 10, 7:30pm In 2011, Independent Curators International (ICI) organized the sound exhibition WITH HIDDEN NOISE featuring artists Andrea Parkins, Jennie C. Jones, Pauline Oliveros, Steve Peters, Steve Roden, Taylor Deupree, Michael J. Schumacher, and the show’s guest curator, multi-media artist Stephen Vitiello. Having debuted at the Aspen Art Museum and subsequently traveled to Monash… Read More »
James Ferraro: 100% March 23, 2014–June 13, 2014 Musician James Ferraro presents new works composed for specific sites within the infrastructure of MoMA PS1. For Ferraro, hotel lounge playlists, elevator music, and ringtones have become psychological and architectural components to the space of commerce and daily life. Such audio helps smooth the interactions between people,… Read More »
Join Skip Lievsay, Academy Award-winning sound mixer for GRAVITY, at Made in New York Media Center Saturday April 19 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM ** special student rate of $20 to attend using the code: MCGravity ** Skip will discuss the films that have influenced him such as The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and How the West Was… Read More »
For more information Location: Whitney Lower Gallery 2014 Biennial artist Kevin Beasley creates works out of sound, discarded fragments, and refuse that are invested in physical presence and questions of origin. For his evening program he will continue this exploration by immersing the public in a sound environment consisting of live microphones and audio playback devices.… Read More »
[via Observatory] Illustrated Lecture with Emily I. Dolan, University of Pennsylvania Date: Thursday, May 8 Time: 8:00 PM Admission: $8 Location: The Morbid Anatomy Museum (New Space) 424A 3rd Avenue (Corner of 7th Street and 3rd Avenue), Brooklyn, NY Subway: 4th Av – 9th Street (R – F – G) Presented by Morbid Anatomy What is… Read More »
Tuesday, March 11th – 6:30pm – 8:30pm Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd Floor If you are interested in a career in media, the best way to start is to network! The School of Media Studies and The Office of Career Development invite you to attend the Student + Alumni Networking Social, featuring an alumni panel.… Read More »
Barry discovered that 79 5th Avenue, the new home of the School of Media Studies, was once the home of Edison Records’ “New York Recording Department.” Through 1929 the company’s studios were located on the 18th floor — the roof — just two floors above where SMS is now. And according to Anna Outridge, a… Read More »
Sexing Sound: Music Cultures, Audio Practices, and Contemporary Art Symposium @ CUNY Grad Center, February 21 @ Martin E. Segal Theatre Regine Basha, Mark Beasley, Anya Bernstein, Maria Chavez, Cathy Lane, Annea Lockwood, Barbara London, Ellie Hisama, Peter Hitchcock, Anne Hilde Neset, Kristin Norderval, Xaviera Simmons,Valerie Tevere, Siona Wilson, JD Samson Pop and rock music has long been an important forum for experimentation with gendered performance, audience identification, and… Read More »
@ James Gallery, CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue between 34th and 35th Streets Free and open to the public Hours: Tue-Thu 12-7pm, Fri-Sat 12-6pm Sexing Sound: Aural Archives and Feminist Scores will bring together a selection of audio, flyers, scores, documentation of performances, and zines of women’s sound work in the last two decades with… Read More »
As long as there have been sensate ears to hear it, sound has been an extremely important part of the human experience. It has been leveraged as a tool to create community, to maintain power, to please, and to punish, but have we begun to lose our appreciation to its potency as we become an… Read More »