The Reading Series In the past twenty or so years, a large number of poetry sound recordings have been collected and stored in online databases hosted by university institutions. The SpokenWeb digital archive is one such collection. Housed at Concordia University, SpokenWeb features over 89 sound recordings from a poetry reading series that took place Read More
“The content of a medium is like the juicy piece of meat carried by the burglar to distract the watchdog of the mind.” — Marshall McLuhan In 2001, while doing a residency at the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canadian sound artist Janet Cardiff recorded “Forest Walk,” an audio walk that takes listeners on a twelve-minute Read More
Reading is not just about taking time and thinking time, it is also a deeply visual experience — Andrew Piper Why, in the case of the ear, is their withdrawal and turning inward, a making resonant, but, in the case of the eye, there is manifestation and display, a making evident? — Jean-Luc Nancy Since Read More