festival-long event

Thursday & friday April 28 & 29 | 2:00 - 3:30 pm

Open Ears Symposium

The Registry Theatre
122 Frederick Street

The Open Ears Symposium is an open forum for discussion amongst artists involved in the festival, invited guests and the general public. Each of the sessions combines an eclectic array of festival artists and other experts who have, in the past, expressed ideas around the general theme of that session. This year’s symposium centers around the creative interplay between popular musics and experimental sound genres.

Symposium # 1

Appropriation 2.0: The Pop-Politic

Does the recontextualization of iconic pop images and audio within the experimental genre distract or enhance experimental expression?

Panelists:
Paul Walde (chair)
Vicki Bennett
Marc Couroux
John Oswald
Nicole Lizée

Symposium # 2

Garage Band versus MAX: Popular Technology, Experimental Practices

Where does experimental practice find its voice within ubiquitous popular sound technologies?