Sounds Beyond Music Curator’s Talk: Thursday 8 February 2024

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Sounds Beyond Music exhibit logo. Includes the taglines 'Selected Objects From The Museum Of Portable Sound' and 'Exhibit & Curator's Talk, University of Portsmouth Library'.
MOPS Director & Chief Curator Dr John Kannenberg during a public talk at the V&A museum, London.
Dr John Kannenberg speaking at the Sonic Boom event at the V&A museum, London, 2019. Photo ©Hydar Dewachi.

Our Director & Chief Curator Dr John Kannenberg will give a Curator’s Talk on Thursday evening, 8 February 2024 at 5:30pm in conjunction with our Sounds Beyond Music exhibit currently on view at the University of Portsmouth Library.

The talk will include a brief introduction to our museum, a listening session of some sounds in our collection, and a walkthrough of the Sounds Beyond Music exhibit of objects from our Physical Objects Collection.

This event is FREE and open to the public.

PLEASE NOTE: non-university community visitors should plan to arrive by 5:15pm & bring a photo ID to obtain a free day pass for entry.

Full entry information at the UoP Library website.

Directions to UoP Library

Published by Dr John Kannenberg

John Kannenberg is an artistic researcher whose work investigates sounds as museological objects. Via an acoustemological approach, he considers the histories and cultures surrounding sounds, the technologies that generate or record them, and the auditors who hear or listen to them. He holds a PhD in sound & museums from the University of the Arts London, as well as a Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art degree and Graduate Certification in Museum Studies from the University of Michigan. He is Director and Chief Curator of The Museum of Portable Sound. Learn more about his work at johnkannenberg.com.

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