Exhibiting SoundArt

Museum directors, scholars, journalists and editors explore the variety of relations between sound as an object of investigation. Issues of sound as a medium of art and culture and possibilities and conditions of exhibiting sound art will be discussed. Sound art has become an integral part of art and music festivals for several decades, and is shown in museums, experimental venues and public spaces. Sound art requires a special approach in the way it is curated, conceived, produced and reenacted. Exhibiting Sound Art brings together internationally renowned museum directors, curators and exhibition makers, scholars, journalists, editors and artists to discuss this question. The manifold relationships between sound as an object of investigation are explored and questions of sound as a medium of art and culture as well as possibilities and conditions of exhibiting sound art are presented. The different approaches are vividly illustrated with numerous images.