Discipline and Liquid Architecture are pleased to present a special iteration of the Histories and Theories of Sound Lecture Series.

Titled ‘Echo/Siren: The People’s Microphone,’ the program will feature lectures and performances exploring the format of the people’s microphone, a mechanism for amplification that was popularised during the Occupy movement. 

Echo/Siren: The People’s Microphone

Tap Tap Tap [TAP TAP TAP!]

Is this on? [IS THIS ON?]

Testing Testing 1-2-3 [TESTING TESTING 1-2-3!]
Ok. [OK!]

Turn off the recording device. [TURN OFF THE RECORDING DEVICE!]

Power no longer need mask itself [POWER NO LONGER NEED MASK ITSELF!]

Cultural industries [TECHNOLOGISING, RHETORICISING, NEUTRALISING, RE-INSCRIBING!]

Be resilient [I ONLY DRANK A FEW LITTLE DROPLETS!]

Your story [THE MILK OF AMNESIA FILLS MY CUP AND BACK INTO THE HOLE I GO]

Bodies in space act as a force multiplier [BODIES IN SPACE ACT AS A FORCE MULTIPLIER!]

The Room [THE DRUM SKIN]
The Feet [THE STICKS]

The Voice [THE AGENCY]

Siren [BECKONING, WARNING, SEDUCTION]

Echo [REFLECTING, RESOUNDING, ENDLESS REBOUND]

Artists

Richard Dawson will sound the Norla Dome with tales of turmoil, triumph and tomorrow

Brandon LaBelle will stage a future manifestation of more than one voice with a Rehearsal for the People’s Microphone

Frances Dyson will occupy the boardroom with a presentation on dynamics of The Human Microphone

Tom Ogley will rock and roll tap-dance his way into your heart, via the Norla Dome

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