DJ Spooky to Present Next Common Hour

Story posted February 06, 2010

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DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid aka Paul D. Miller.

Paul D. Miller '92, best known best known under his constructed persona, DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid, will speak at Common Hour at 12:30 p.m. Friday, February 12, 2010, in Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall.

Miller's presentation, titled "Sound Unbound," is based on his book of the same name, which was a follow up to his award-winning first book, Rhythm Science (MIT Press, 2004).

In this rip-mix-burn-lecture format, DJ Spooky will explore the overall theme of sound in contemporary art, digital media, and composition. Miller's lecture is accompanied by his use of many historic texts, rare audio recordings and films, to demonstrate the complex relationship between text and art in a multimedia context.

Miller will share the history of sound and recorded media by several of the most well known artists of their field—ranging from Brian Eno, Steve Reich, Moby, Chuck D, and Pierre Boulez, to artists, writers and theoreticians like Jonathan Lethem, Bruce Sterling, and Manuel Delanda.

Common Hour is open to all Bowdoin students, faculty and staff. Events are held every other Friday of the term at 12:30 p.m. Class and meeting schedules are altered so that students, faculty, and staff may attend.

Miller's two-day visit to Bowdoin also included a performance of his large-scale multimedia work Sinfonia Antarctica, and meetings with students and faculty.

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