Index

CONTENTS
Acknowledgements vii Introduction l

a Listening to visual art 2 b A sound context 15

1	The empty-sounding gallery 25

a	Silence and the void 27

b	Silence 28

c	Sense of sensing: Robert Irwin and James Turrell 32

d	Unified sensory situation: Michael Asher 37

e	Rendered acoustical: Bruce Nauman 42

f	Eternal music: La Monte Young 53

g	Echoing resonance: Alvin Lucier 62

2	Noises in the gallery 71

a The new loud art museum 71 

b Intervention and interference: Marco Fusinato 77

c Condoned noise 85 

d Social sounds 88 

e Walking and listening 94

3 Musical galleries ill

a Anti-Illusion: Steve Reich and Philip Glass 113

b Off Site and impermanent.audio: experimental and improvised 123

c Music as art 129

Notes 147 

Bibliography 150 

Index 158