PS 122, NYC
2007

In the headphones: seven great rock albums. In the gallery: the listener’s voice. The lecture-as-performance asks: What else do we listen to when we listen to music? Over the course of six hours, an answer is proposed: history, race, other music, politics, childhood, gender, regrets, economics, freedom, aesthetics, death. The audience is invited to bring their iPods and listen along to the music while listening to the listener.

Itinerary:
11:00 AM Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
Bob Dylan, 51'34"
12:00 PM White Light/White Heat (1967)
The Velvet Underground, 40'15"
12:45 PM Beggars Banquet (1968)
The Rolling Stones, 40'32"
1:30 PM – Hunky Dory (1971)
David Bowie, 42'36"
2:15 PM Histoire De Melody Nelson (1971)
Serge Gainsbourg, 28'12"
3:00 PM – Horses (1975)
Patti Smith, 42'51"
4:00 PM – Second Edition (1980)
Public Image Ltd., 61'01"

Review: tomorrowunlimited.com