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Peering into a Caravan Haunted by Marionettes

Avatar photo by Allison Meier May 26, 2016May 25, 2016

As the sounds of a storm fill the gallery, the illuminated caravan begins to clatter with life.

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A Hidden Times Square Sound Installation Returns to Full Hum

Avatar photo by Allison Meier May 19, 2016May 23, 2016

Max Neuhaus’s “Times Square” sound installation is meant to be stumbled upon by visitors to the chaotic crossroads in Manhattan.

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Hearing a Symphony in the Cacophony of a Lagos Market

Avatar photo by Allison Meier March 14, 2016March 14, 2016

Every city has its own sounds, its distinct murmur and roar of voices and traffic.

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Walk the Eight Blocks from the Met to the Met Breuer, Accompanied by Soundscapes

Avatar photo by Allison Meier March 2, 2016March 6, 2016

John Luther Adams’s “Soundwalk 9:09” is a composition that’s only complete once you listen to it on the noisy New York City streets.

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Soundscapes Composed from the Colors of Famous Paintings

by Claire Voon January 4, 2016January 5, 2016

What might a Raphael sound like, based on the particular colors of its paint?

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Surround Sound: The Sonic Environments of Jacob Kirkegaard’s ‘Earside Out’

by Thomas Bey William Bailey November 28, 2015December 1, 2015

This past spring, the Danish Museet for Samtids Kunst acknowledged the hard-won singularity of countryman Jacob Kirkegaard by granting him his first solo exhibition, Earside Out.

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From the Club to the Gallery, Electronic Music Made Visual

by Rebecca Partridge September 11, 2015September 22, 2015

BERLIN — One of the most prominent figures of the international electronic music scene, Robert Henke has been making music since the beginnings of Berlin techno, after the fall of the wall.

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Immersed in Painting, Sound, and Sculpture, a Detroit Artist Reimagines Space

by Sarah Rose Sharp August 6, 2015August 5, 2015

DETROIT — Sound artist Jon Brumit seeks not only to reimagine the spaces where he works, lives, and performs, but also to ideally leave them in a better state than he found them.

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70 Years of Glitchy Computer History Turned Into Music

Avatar photo by Allison Meier August 3, 2015August 3, 2015

Late at night in Great Britain’s National Museum of Computing in Bletchley Park, some of the world’s oldest computers awoke from mechanical slumber.

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LA’s Hammer Museum Attracts Major Artists for Performance Marathon

Avatar photo by Hyperallergic July 23, 2015July 26, 2015

On September 26–27, the Hammer Museum will present ALL THE INSTRUMENTS AGREE: an exhibition or a concert, a two-day program of back-to-back live performances by over 25 local, national, and international sound artists, music collectives, art bands, and visual artists.

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The Artist Who Turns Glass Shards and IV Drips into Instruments

by Claire Voon July 22, 2015July 23, 2015

For decades, Lucas Abela played turntables hooked up to all sorts of objects, from swords to meat skewers to amplified trampolines. Since 2003, however, the Australian experimental sound artist’s instrument of choice has been a large shard of glass.

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Kinetic Energy Transforms Humble Materials into Minimalist Drums

by Kemy Lin March 11, 2015March 13, 2015

Swiss installation artist Zimoun, who specializes in immersive soundscapes and acoustic architecture, has seemingly turned all of New York into a giant aural installation.

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