Jon Leidecker (aka Wobbly) is a human in the loop, making sounds with people and machines that listen -- using recordings, feedback and automation, making music which can only ever be heard in real time. People and technology are inseperable, and the music the former makes using the latter asks us exactly which things can be ethically and morally automated. The goal is to produce sounds that seem to be asking questions, and you don't want to waste your time with music that's lying to you. A long and winding list of collaborators blurs the line between solo and group work -- current touring projects include Negativland, the Thurston Moore Group, Jennifer Walshe, Zoh Amba, and Cheryl E. Leonard. Talks on the secret histories of electronic music have been presented at Oxford, Stanford, Mills, UC Berkeley and Peabody, and his nine hour overview of sampling and collage, 'Variations', is hosted online by the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art. Radio remains his home medium, with Negativland's Over The Edge livemix broadcast continuing to emerge out of KPFA FM, Berkeley.
Guest Lecture
Date: 20 February 2025 (Thursday)
Time: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Concert with wobbly, Ryo Ikeshiro and Lyu Qiaosheng
Date: 21 February 2025 (Friday)
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Multimedia Theatre (M1060), L1, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, City University of Hong Kong (CMC)
Free admission on a first-come, first-served basis. Free seating.
Seating priority is given to CityUHK staff and students.
To register for the QR code to enter the campus, please click here. Pre-registration is required a day in advance.
More information:
https://www.scm.cityu.edu.hk/events/jon-leidecker-lecture
https://www.scm.cityu.edu.hk/events/soundlab-concert-wobbly
