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Directions in Documentary Sound: A conversation with Stuart Cody, Sarah Elder & Ernst Karel

Stuart Cody, Sarah Elder & Ernst Karel in Person
Free Admission

Along with the familiar historical developments in picture technology there have been significant changes in the way documentary sound has been recorded, composed and conceptualized. Join us for a lively discussion with documentary sound artists—whose work collectively spans over a half-century—as they dissect landmark film clips to explore the relationship between the technical and practical innovations and emergent theoretical and aesthetic concerns of ethnographic filmmaking from the 1950s to today. Moderated by Ilisa Barbash.

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    Ilisa Barbash, Stuart Cody, Sarah Elder and Ernst Karel at Menschel Hall. Photo by Allison Cekala

The lecture will take place in Menschel Hall, Lower Level, Harvard Art Museums. Please enter via the entrance on Broadway. Doors will open at 5:30pm.

Free admission, but seating is limited. Tickets will be distributed beginning at 5:30pm at the Broadway entrance. One ticket per person. For more information, visit the Harvard Art Museums.

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