Christoph Cox on Max Neuhaus Gallery Talks at Dia:Beacon Saturday, August 11, 2012, 2 pm
WHAT: On Saturday, August 11, professor and author, Christoph Cox will discuss the sound work, Time Piece Beacon, (2005), by the artist Max Neuhaus during a one-hour walkthrough at Dia:Beacon.
Commissioned specifically for Dia:Beacon where it was inaugurated on May 6, 2006, Time Piece Beacon (2005) creates an aural experience around the perimeter of the museum. One of a number of works from Neuhaus’ Moment series, Time Piece Beacon introduces a regularly repeating sound once every hour in the Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries.
Gallery Talks at Dia:Beacon take place the second Saturday of every month at 2 pm. All Gallery Talks are free with admission to Dia:Beacon.
WHEN: Saturday, August 11, 2012; 2:00-3:00 pm
WHERE: Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries, 3 Beekman Street, Beacon, NY 1250 T: 845.440.0100
ABOUT CHRISTOPH COX
Christoph Cox is professor of philosophy at Hampshire College and a faculty member at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College. He is the author of Nietzsche: Naturalism and Interpretation (University of California Press, 1999) and co-editor of Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music (Continuum, 2004). The recipient of a 2009 Arts Writers Grant from Creative Capital/Warhol Foundation, Cox is editor-at-large at Cabinet magazine and writes regularly for Artforum, the Wire, and other publications. He has curated exhibitions at the Kitchen, New York; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; New Langton Arts, San Francisco; and G Fine Art Gallery, Washington, D.C.; and has written catalog essays for exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Mass MoCA; Berlin’s Akademie der Künste; and many other venues. Cox is currently completing a philosophical book about sound art and experimental music.
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