Figures in Air: Essays Toward a Philosophy of Audio

Cutting-edge sound artist and theorist Micah Silver produces sound installations and writes about the impact of sound on human behavior and social space. His research ranges from Yves Klein s Air Architecture to La Monte Young s Dream House, and culminates in a discussion of historically significant sound systems and their physical and experiential impacts (e.g., the Grateful Dead s Wall of Sound custom PA). Silver, also a noted young curator in his field, studied music at Wesleyan and MIT s Program in Art, Culture, and Technology. His installation and performance work have been realized at Mass MoCA, Issue Project Room, Palais de Tokyo in Paris and OK Zentrum along with many other international venues. The release of this combination reader and discussion of the artist s work, coincides with an exhibition at Audio Visual Arts (AVA), New York City, in 2014.