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<b>Diapason</b> will be working with sound artist and author Seth
Kim-Cohen to present an exhibition of "Non-Cochlear Sound", as
formulated in Kim-Cohen's book "In the Blink of an Ear: Toward a
Non-Cochlear Sonic Art" (Continuum). The exhibition is scheduled for
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class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">CALL FOR WORK</span></font></b><font
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span
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organized by Seth Kim-Cohen </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"
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class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">OVERVIEW</span></font></span></p>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><i><font class="Apple-style-span"
size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Non-Cochlear
Sound</span></font></i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> describes a form of
sonic practice not
primarily concerned with the ear. Marcel Duchamp’s famous call for a
non-retinal visual art was answered (eventually) by minimalism,
conceptual art,
social-based practice, and a host of approaches that appeal not to the
eye, but
to other concerns. In his new book, </span></font><i><font
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style="font-size: 14px;">In
The Blink Of An Ear: Toward a Non-Cochlear Sonic Art</span></font></i><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 14px;">, artist and theorist
Seth Kim-Cohen asks why sound has been slower to make the conceptual,
linguistic, and social turns. As a way of responding to this question
and of
“redressing” this perhaps unfortunate sonic situation, we seek sound
work that
engages any or all of the following: sociality, conceptualism,
politics,
textuality, discursivity, subjectivity, history, economics, or
philosophy. </span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span
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<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span"
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<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span
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criteria for artist participation is: </span></font><font
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working with sound (although the work can include other materials and
media as
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</span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span
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that engages concerns beyond hearing or the senses in general</span></font><font
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</span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span
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history of previous exhibition, performance, or recording is required</span></font><font
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<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span"
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<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Submissions
to participate are due by June 3, 2010. Participants will be
contacted by July 1, 2010.</span></font><font class="Apple-style-span"
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<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span"
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<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span
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submissions and contact will be by email. </span></font><font
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<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span
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email to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:diapason.info@gmail.com">diapason.info@gmail.com</a> that
includes the following information in the
body:</span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span
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bio/artist background describing what you do in general and what you've
been
doing lately</span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span
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</span></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span
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about how your work
relates to the idea of the non-cochlear</span></font><font
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proposal for the project you would like to include in the exhibition</span></font><font
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class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">NOTE:
Please do not attach any work-samples or documents. All work samples
must
be available online, and all information must be submitted in the body
of the
email</span></font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span
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by NYSCA, the New York City Department of
Cultural Affairs, the Phaedrus Foundation, the Foundation for
Contemporary
Performance Arts, The Trust for Mutual Understanding, Kirk Radke, and
by
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