Amelia Barikin: Sound Fossils and Arche-Fossils: Towards a Mineral Ontology of Contemporary Art (Histories and Theories of Sound)

As a material index of acoustic activity, the term ‘sound fossil’ has gained currency in the fields of paleosonics and contemporary art both as a means of accounting for the appearance of the past in the present, and as an embodiment of cosmic time. Drawing upon audible and not so audible projects, art historian Amelia Barikin presents her lecture: Sound Fossils and Arche-Fossils: Towards a mineral ontology of contemporary art. https://liquidarchitecture.org.au/events/sound-fossils Histories and Theories of Sound 22 October, 2015 Gertrude Contemporary, Fitzroy Presented by Liquid Architecture, Discipline and Gertrude Contemporary. Audio: Mara Schwerdtfeger LIQUID ARCHITECTURE is an Australian organisation for artists working with sound. LA investigates the sounds themselves, but also the ideas communicated about, and the meaning of, sound and listening.