Douglas Kahn
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Douglas Kahn is Professor of Media and Innovation at the National Institute of Experimental Arts (NIEA), at the University of New South Wales
, Australia
. He was the Founding Director of Technocultural Studies and is Professor Emeritus in Science and Technology Studies at the University of California, Davis
. Kahn is known primarily for his writings on the use of sound in the avant-garde and experimental arts and music. He is the author of Noise, Water, Meat: A History of Sound in the Arts and co-editor (with Gregory Whitehead
) of Wireless Imagination: Sound, Radio, and the Avant-garde, both published by MIT Press
. More recently he has written on naturally occurring electromagnetism in the science and the arts, a topic for which he received a 2006-2007 Guggenheim Fellowship
.
Kahn edited Source: Music of the Avant-garde, with the composer and founding editor Larry Austin
, for University of California Press
- a collection of material drawn from the original Source: Music of the Avant Garde
magazine series. His other current projects include a collection, edited with the art historian Hannah Higgins
, of essays and documents on the arts and early computing, Mainframe Experimentalism; and a book on the arts deployed across the electromagnetic spectrum, Earth Sound Earth Signal, for University of California Press.
Kahn created the audiotape cut-up Reagan Speaks for Himself in 1980 using an interview conducted by Bill Moyers
of Ronald Reagan
when he was still a candidate for president. The first version was published on a Sub Pop
audiocassette and the second version was published on a flexi-disc in RAW magazine. The audiotape was used in a dance mix by the Fine Young Cannibals
and sampled by Eric B. & Rakim
in their Paid in Full
(Coldcut Mix). He appeared in the 1995 film Sonic Outlaws by the San Francisco filmmaker Craig Baldwin
.
University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. He was the Founding Director of Technocultural Studies and is Professor Emeritus in Science and Technology Studies at the University of California, Davis
University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis is a public teaching and research university established in 1905 and located in Davis, California, USA. Spanning over , the campus is the largest within the University of California system and third largest by enrollment...
. Kahn is known primarily for his writings on the use of sound in the avant-garde and experimental arts and music. He is the author of Noise, Water, Meat: A History of Sound in the Arts and co-editor (with Gregory Whitehead
Gregory Whitehead
Gregory Whitehead Gregory Whitehead Gregory Whitehead ((Nantucket, MA) is a writer, radiomaker and audio artist based in Lenox, Massachusetts.-Work:Allen S. Weiss considers him to be a major international figure in the fields of audio and radio art, from the 1980s to the present....
) of Wireless Imagination: Sound, Radio, and the Avant-garde, both published by MIT Press
MIT Press
The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts .-History:...
. More recently he has written on naturally occurring electromagnetism in the science and the arts, a topic for which he received a 2006-2007 Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
.
Kahn edited Source: Music of the Avant-garde, with the composer and founding editor Larry Austin
Larry Austin
Larry Austin is a United States composer noted for his electronic and computer music works. He was a co-founder and editor of the avant-garde music periodical Source: Music of the Avant Garde...
, for University of California Press
University of California Press
University of California Press, also known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing. It was founded in 1893 to publish books and papers for the faculty of the University of California, established 25 years earlier in 1868...
- a collection of material drawn from the original Source: Music of the Avant Garde
Source: Music of the Avant Garde
Source: Music of the Avant-Garde – also known and hereafter referred to as Source Magazine – is an independent, not-for-profit musical and artistic magazine published between 1967 and 1973 by teachers and students of University of California, Davis, CA...
magazine series. His other current projects include a collection, edited with the art historian Hannah Higgins
Hannah Higgins
Hannah Higgins is an American writer and academic living in Chicago, Illinois. She is the daughter of the Fluxus artists, Dick Higgins and Alison Knowles.-Biography:...
, of essays and documents on the arts and early computing, Mainframe Experimentalism; and a book on the arts deployed across the electromagnetic spectrum, Earth Sound Earth Signal, for University of California Press.
Kahn created the audiotape cut-up Reagan Speaks for Himself in 1980 using an interview conducted by Bill Moyers
Bill Moyers
Bill Moyers is an American journalist and public commentator. He served as White House Press Secretary in the United States President Lyndon B. Johnson Administration from 1965 to 1967. He worked as a news commentator on television for ten years. Moyers has had an extensive involvement with public...
of Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
when he was still a candidate for president. The first version was published on a Sub Pop
Sub Pop
Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...
audiocassette and the second version was published on a flexi-disc in RAW magazine. The audiotape was used in a dance mix by the Fine Young Cannibals
Fine Young Cannibals
Fine Young Cannibals were a British band formed in Birmingham, England, in 1984, by bassist David Steele and guitarist Andy Cox , and singer Roland Gift...
and sampled by Eric B. & Rakim
Eric B. & Rakim
Eric B. & Rakim were a hip-hop duo composed of DJ Eric Barrier and MC Rakim .Hailing from Long Island, New York, the pair are generally considered by hip hop enthusiasts to be one of the most influential and innovative groups in the genre...
in their Paid in Full
Paid in Full (Eric B. & Rakim song)
"Paid in Full" is a song written, produced and recorded by American rap duo Eric B. & Rakim, released as the fifth and final single from their debut album of the same name, Paid in Full....
(Coldcut Mix). He appeared in the 1995 film Sonic Outlaws by the San Francisco filmmaker Craig Baldwin
Craig Baldwin
Craig Baldwin is an American experimental filmmaker. He uses “found” footage from the fringes of popular consciousness as well as images from the mass media to undermine and transform the traditional documentary, infusing it with the energy of high-speed montage and a provocative commentary that...
.