april 11: thursday

7-9pm: Reception for Ted Apel et al.

Join us! It's almost the weekend! Works/San Jose

7:30pm: Ubiquitous Recording: Film Sound and Audio Arts to Mid-Century

Douglas Kahn, the co-editor of Wireless Imagination: Sound, Radio and the Avant-Garde will discuss the 1920's explorations of a new audiophonic art Pacific Film Archive. Admission: $5.50

7:30 pm Ursonate, a lecture by Jack Ox

San Francisco Art Institute. Jack Ox discusses the history of Kurt Schwitters' influential text/sound work Ursonate and her development of a large graphic interperetation of the piece.

8pm: Parts of Speech

Pamela Z's Parts of Speech focuses on word and language fragments from daily conversation and media. New Langton Arts Admission: $8 general/ $6 students, seniors, members. Reservations recommended.

9 pm Premeditated Breakdown

Live performance by Negativland in collaboration with Hardkiss, Craig Baldwin, and others. Trocadero Transfer Admission: $11, All ages welcome. Tickets available at BASS outlets. Premeditated Breakdown features a live performance by Negativland in collaboration with beats and grooves provided Hardkiss and the city's most respected DJ's. The extravaganza also features live visual jamming on multiple screens by filmmaker Craig Baldwin, director and producer of Sonic Outlaws, and many surprise guests.

11pm: The Eleventh Hour

Audio works by sound artists from the Pacific Region. 94.1 FM