Philosopher Christoph Cox traces the history of sound art from the invention of audio recording in the late 19th century to the genre-bending compositions of John Cage to the explosion of sound installation in the 1960s. Cox surveys a range of sonic practices, revealing how they resemble and resist approaches in the visual arts.from http://cdm.link/2017/02/two-hours-video-covers-century-history-sound-art/



The film is from the Barnes Foundation , the superb arts institution in Philadelphia.