Author and artist Brandon LaBelle will give a performative lecture revealing the poetics and politics that occur as soon as we open our mouths.
Lexicon of the Mouth: Poetics and Politics of Voice and the Oral Imaginary is his third publication of sonic research and auditory investigations, following books addressing sound art and sonic cultures.
Brandon considers questions of voice, orality, and cultures of the paralinguistic – the wordless aspects of spoken communication – alongside what he terms ‘micro-oralities’ such as laughing and whispering, stuttering and reciting, eating and kissing.
Brandon works with sound culture, voice, and questions of agency. He develops and presents artistic projects and performances within a range of international contexts, often working collaboratively and in public. Recent projects include “Civic Center”, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, “Sixth Housing Estate”, South London Gallery, London, and “Hobo College”, Marrakech Biennial parallel project. His previous books, Background Noise: Perspectives on Sound Art (2006) and Acoustic Territories: Sound Culture and Everyday Life (2010) are also published by Bloomsbury. He is the editor of Errant Bodies Press and Professor at the Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Norway.