[TISEA 1992] Broadcast: Australian Broadcasting Corporation — The Listening Room

Producer Statement

Radio broadcast

The Listening Room

Monday 9 November ABC FM (92.9 MHZ in Sydney) 9pm
Nanotechnology/ 3-D audio/ performance and electronic art
A special edition of the listening room produced in conjunction with TISEA. Featuring:

– Diminishing dimensions. focussing on the implications of recent theories and applications of nanotechnology advanced by figures such as K. Eric Drexler
– Interviews with Scott Foster (co-developer of the Convolvotron 3-D audio system) and Elizabeth M. Wenzel (director. NASA-AMES spatial auditory displays lab in the aerospace human factors research division)
– And performance artist Stelarc discusses the obsolete and amplified body.

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