Tag: School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Hush City Soundwalk, September 15 in Chicago

Join us on Sunday, September 15 at 10:00 AM at PO Box Collective for free, public guided soundwalk to map and evaluate quiet places in the city, led by Eric Leonardson, professor in Sound at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and founder 

“A Prairie In the Lake” with Anthony Janas & Sullivan Gallery Talk with Eric Leonardson

Join us for the final Night Out In the Parks soundwalk series, “A Prairie In the Lake” with Anthony Janas, including an early afternoon talk by MSAE founder Eric Leonardson, at 1-2pm this Saturday, September 22 in the recently opened Faculty Projects Exhibition at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Phono+Photo Panel On Sound Recording As Art

phono+photo poster
phono+photo poster
On Wednesday, February 29 MSAE member Eric Leonardson moderated a panel discussion at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) on the development of sound recording as an art form in its own right.

Hosted by the Departments of Sculpture and Sound, the discussion examined the development of the art via the historical development of photography. Discussed was the development of non-music sound recording as art in relationship to photography.

Panelists:

Katherine Bussard, SAIC Art History Professor and AIC Curator
Lisa Dorin, AIC Associate Curator in Contemporary Art
Ken Fandell, artist, SAIC Professor and Photo Department Chair
Bill Fontana, artist and William and Stephanie Sick Distinguished Professor for SoundSculpture
Anna Friz, artist and Post-doctoral Fellow in the Department of Sound
Lou Mallozzi, artist, Executive Director of Experimental Sound Studio, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Sound

The event was part of the Sound Department’s Weekly Colloquium series and co-sponsored with the SAIC Sculpture Department. It was streamed live on Free Radio SAIC. (Audio excerpts from the live stream may be available here in the future.)