— David Huron — Lecture — 11.06.06 – Monday, 4PM

— Douglas Kahn — Lecture — 11.07.06 – Tuesday, 7:00 PM

— Kronos Quartet, “Sun Rings” —

— Concert —

11.03.06 – Friday, 8PM

VMA Arts & Cultural Center

NASA’s recordings of deep space. Providence premiere.

$35 $28 $20, Student Rush; 2 hours before w/ID: $12, $42 VIP ticket

with Finale Party, 10pm to 12:00am

— sonic.focus —

— Symposium / Performances —

11.03-11.04.06, Friday and Saturday

Modern Culture and Media, Brown University

with film & video screenings on October 20th and 27th, the events

will culminate in a conference and performance series to be held at

Brown University on November 3 and 4, 2006.

This program is prompted by the emergence over the past decade of an

auditory culture that parallels the dominant visual culture. Among

the phenomena that signal this emergence are: the increasing presence

of sound in visual arts exhibitions and venues; the proliferation of

visual and media practices in which sound is central to meaning; and

the development of a body of theory that examines the nature,

history, and circulation of sound as a useful social or conceptual

model.

The aim of the conference is to foster a fruitful dialogue among

theorists and practitioners working at the intersection of the visual

and the sonic arts. Keynote speakers will include David Toop,

Diedrich Diederichsen, and Douglas Kahn. Panels will include

presentations by Christian Marclay, Renee Green, Stephen Vitiello,

Steve Roden, and others. Finally, two nights of performances will

include appearances by artists such as Tony Conrad, Robert Lippok,

AGF & Sue C. and David Shea. All talks and panels will take place at

the Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street in Providence.

The program opens with two nights of screenings exploring classic and

contemporary films and videos by Oskar Fischinger, Hans Richter,

Kenneth Anger, Brian Eno, Phill Niblock, Carsten Nicolai, Billy

Roisz, Leslie Thornton, and others. The screenings will take place

from 6-9pm on October 20th and 27th in the Modern Culture and Media

Cinematheque, 135 Thayer Street in Providence.

sonic.focus is organized by Tony Cokes, Christoph Cox, and Roger

Mayer, and sponsored by the Department of Modern Culture and Media,

Brown University. Additional support for sonic.focus has been

provided by the Malcolm S. Forbes Center for Research in Culture and

Media Studies; the Creative Arts Council (Fitt Artists-in-Residence);

The C.V. Starr Foundation Lectureships Fund; Global Security Program

of the Watson Institute for International Studies; German Studies

Department; and the Goethe-Institut (Boston).

For complete schedules and further details, visit: http://

— Lecture —

11.06.06 – Monday, 4PM

Brown University, Metcalf Rm. 129, 190 Thayer St.

colloquia series.

— Douglas Kahn—

— Lecture —

11.07.06 – Tuesday, 7:00 PM

RISD Auditorium (North Main St.)