This is the second issue of the Journal of Sonic Studies focused on the Materials of Sound (see issue no. 16). The heart of these two issues sees the authors thinking about sound as more than sound, the opposite of Cage’s dictum of letting sound be itself – as hearing sound as sound.

Following our inaugural session on history and theory booking, How To Book 2 will be focus on how to move an artistic research thesis toward a book. Our guests will be Dr. Emily Morandini & Dr. Lindsay Kelley, 2-4pm, Friday 19 July 2019

6pm, 23rd July, 2019, Black Box, UNSW Art & DesignItalian theorist and curator Leandro Pisano and Sydney-based multisensory artist and wine writer Jo Burzynska explore the rural resonances of their intersecting sound-based projects in remote southern Italian communities.

Holger Schulze (Copenhagen/Berlin) will present a public talk entitled Acoustic Scenography: Niches, Resonances & Auditory Pathways in the Showroom 5:30-6:30pm, Wednesday 8 May at UNSW Galleries, Art & Design.

How To Book is a gathering of people who have booked and who may wish to book having an informal discussion about how to book. Each session will feature one person letting people know what they were thinking when they booked, what happened and what they had to do, and one person who has a thesis and is thinking about booking.

SEE has paired up with Avant Whatever to present three performances in the Blackbox. Expect audio filled with broken electronics, error, accident and some occult.

Douglas Kahn to give a series of lectures throughout the United States and Europe that provide an introduction to his thinking surrounding energies in the arts

Please join us for a talk, performance and book launch. 3pm Friday 20th April, BlackBox, UNSW Art & Design

David Cecchetto will run a workshop entitled Aural Incommunications.

Material Sound is a new exhibition curated by Caleb Kelly, featuring newly commissioned work by artists Vicky Browne, Pia van Gelder, Caitlin Franzmann, Peter Blamey, Ross Manning, and Eric Demetriou.