// Date: 26/01/2008
// Time: 12–18:00
// Venue: BN
 
The lectures and presentations at this symposium introduce the different aspects of the topic and outline the key points of the planned conference. The sociologist Prof. Dr. Detlev Ipsen will open up with some basic thoughts on recent urban developments, followed by the philosophical position of Prof. Dr. Gernot Böhme defining space through the aesthetics of athmospheres. The architectural historian and theorist Prof. Dr. Ulrich Winko will give an introduction of the history of music and architecture and will hand over the topic of sound art to the writer and artist Brandon LaBelle. Coming from a critical sound and space dicourse himself, Labelle is going to question one of the pioneers and major figures of sound art Max Neuhaus. Between the single lectures artists participating in the project in July 2008 will give short presentations of their work.
 
The lectures and presentations will be held in English and German. Simultaneous translation will be provided via headphones.
 
Lectures:
 
// PROF. DR. DETLEV IPSEN [DE]
"Urban Space and Space Symbols"
 
// PROF. DR. GERNOT BÖHME [DE]
"Architecture and City Planning – and Acoustic Atmospheres"
 
// PROF. DR. ULRICH WINKO [DE]
"Of the Sound of Spaces – Architecture, Music and Sound Art in the 20th Century"
 
// BRANDON LABELLE [US]
"Sounding Spaces"
 
// MAX NEUHAUS [US]
"Site-specific Sound Work" – Max Neuhaus in discussion
 
 
Project presentations:
 
// NIK HUMMER [AT]
"Social Sound Systems"
 
// MARK BAIN [NL/US]
"Sonic Architecture"
 
// ZIMOUN & PE LANG [CH]
"Untitled Sound Objects"
 
// LOLA & GEERT-JAN HOBIJN [DE/NL]
 
 
Supported by Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, and Echoo Konferenz Dolmetschen.