Date and Time
Wednesday Oct 4, 2017
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM CDT
October 4, 2017 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Location
349 S Gladstone Aurora, IL 60506 Perry Theater in the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley Center for Cultural Enrichment
Fees/Admission
Free of charge but reservation needed
Website
https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1512/artsandideas/index-cai.aspx?sid=1512&gid=1&pgid=1282&cid=3925
Contact Information
Suzy McGary
630-844-6534
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Description
Short description: How do we think of aesthetic judgment with regard to sound art, including under that term work going all the way back to the musique concrete of the 1950s, through electro-acoustic music of the ’60s and ’70s, and up to work that’s being done today? Long description: How do we think of aesthetic judgment with regard to sound art, including under that term work going all the way back to the musique concrete of the 1950s, through electro-acoustic music of the ’60s and ’70s, and up to work that's being done today? Traditional aesthetic theories are often ill-suited to deal easily with music because they often privilege either visuality or symbolic reference, neither of which is proper to audition. Add to that the challenges of coming to terms with artworks that either greatly expand the definition of the musical, or jettison any claims of being music at all, and the difficulty involved in making use of such theories to judge the quality of these sorts of works becomes even more apparent. This lecture will explore what should be expected from an aesthetic theory that can deal with this kind of art.