Signal
Move across the poster. The signal keeps its shape. The noise does not.
A lecture series for anyone who has strained to hear one voice in a crowded room.
Every Tuesday, one way of hearing.
Scientists, engineers and artists talk about what it takes to pull meaning out of a racket. Each talk runs for an hour, followed by questions and a glass of something.
- The first sound you ever heardMira Oberholzer, acoustician
- Cocktail parties and the selective earTomas Reyes, cognitive scientist
- Listening for thirteen billion yearsInes Kalb, radio astronomer
- What the city sounds like at 4 a.m.Jun Takeda, field recordist
- Compression, or how to lose data wellLeila Haddad, audio engineer
- Silence is not emptyAnouk Sutter, composer
Talks start at 19:30, doors at 19:00. Each evening has 120 seats, and reserving one takes a minute.
Book a seat