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Intelligent Life – The Second Tribute to Commemorate Electroacoustic Pioneer Maryanne Amacher

Presented by MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology (ACT)

October 22, 2011

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October 22, 2011, marks the second anniversary of the passing of electroacoustic pioneer and CAVS fellow Maryanne Amacher. Intelligent Life is the title of an unrealized media opera that Amacher worked on for over a decade. Maryanne Amacher was an American composer and installation artist whose pioneering work in acoustics and architectural installation paved the way to new forms of sound art and performance. In the 1970s, Amacher was a fellow at MIT’s Center for Advanced Visual Studies (ACT’s precursor) where she worked on her noted “City-Links” series.

For this year’s tribute, we have invited two outstanding sound artists: Jana Winderen and Marina Rosenfeld, as well as Columbia University Auditory biophysics/physiology scientist Christopher Bergevin. The evening will be moderated by ACT graduate candidate Micah Silver, who along with artist Robert The co-founded the Maryanne Amacher Archive. Micah Silver will feature a selection of archival video footage and rarely seen interviews with Amacher; Jana Winderen will present underwater sound recordings and frequencies that cannot be heard by the human ear; Marina Rosenfeld will discuss how Amacher’s work embodies a paradigm for contemporary artists; and from Chris Bergevin we will learn about otoacoustic emissions, the sounds produced by the ear. The program will culminate with the live performances by Jana Winderen and Marina Rosenfeld.

4–6 PM Talks by Jana Winderen, Marina Rosenfeld, and Christopher Bergevin. Moderated by Micah Silver.
7–8 PM Quadrophonic live sound installation by Jana Winderen
8–9 PM Diagram/for room and phonographic loudspeaker, sonic installation by Marina Rosenfeld

Intelligent Life – The Second Tribute to Commemorate Electroacoustic Pioneer Maryanne Amacher is curated by Ute Meta Bauer, ACT Director and Associate Professor. This event is funded in part by the Office for Contemporary Art Norway.

Image: P.A., 2009, installation view at Park Avenue Armory, New York, Performa Biennial, 2009; Photo by William Lamson