Panel Statement

Panel: Sound in Space

A sound event is not something to be heard; it is no longer necessary to invent an ear, to inhabit a sound point of view. Rather, it is a question of continuum, of how sounds are to be Therefore, to amplify and record sounds across a range of mulltimedia sites is to pass through a series of actual moments that are dynamic without depth, moments that enable us to reconceive what we define as the sonic event.

• Nicholas Gebhardt, Australia, received his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in I990 and commenced doctoral studies in 1992 in the department of history at the University of Sydney. He has published extensively in Black and White magazine.