Janna Levin: The sound the universe makes

Momus: 27 Lies About the Mackintosh Building

Following his own maxim that "every lie creates a parallel world in which it is true", Momus (Scottish musician and author of The Book of Scotlands and The Book of Jokes) sets out to tell twenty-seven fantastic lies about things which happen, have happened or will happen in Glasgow School of Art's most famous building. His attempted lies will sometimes falter and fail, falling back into truths, reasonable and useful suggestions, and thoughts about lying itself.

http://imomus.com/

Hecker: De/Naturalising the Ear-Brain

Chisenhale Gallery - Thursday 18 March 2010

Florian Hecker Exhibition talk: Robin Mackay

The Wire Salon: We Hear A New World: Microphony, Technology & The Rise Of Sound Art

Artist/writer Salomé Voegelin, author of Listening To Noise And Silence (Continuum), Helen Frosi, curator of the Soundfjord gallery, and critic/sound artist Will Montgomery discuss the new philosophies and practices of 21st century sound art.

Listen to the September 2010 edition of The Wire's Salon

Paradox of Choice

Brilliant lecture which makes some very pertinent points about the overwhelming variety of choice we have in todays society.



Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz's estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied.