Michel Chion: The Voice in Cinema, or the Acousmetre and Me

Published: July 1, 2020, 10 p.m.

b'Born in 1947, Michel Chion is a composer, filmmaker, historian and writer \\u2013 and arguably the world\\u2019s foremost thinker on sound in cinema.\\n\\nFor this event, Michel Chion presented a lecture performance tracing a history of the \\u2018acousm\\xeatre\\u2019 \\u2013 Chion\\u2019s term for the mysterious off-screen voice in cinema, through his own oeuvre and the works of Bresson, Lang, Syberberg, Spike Jonze and more.\\n\\nhttps://liquidarchitecture.org.au/events/michel-chion\\n\\nHistories and Theories of Sound\\n25 August, 2017\\nAustralian Cin\\xe9math\\xe9que, QAGOMA\\nPresented by Liquid Architecture, Australian Cin\\xe9math\\xe8que, QAGOMA and INSTITUT FRAN\\xc7AIS\\n\\nAudio: Mara Schwerdtfeger\\n\\nFinancial support from patrons at any level has a resounding impact on our work. You can support Liquid Architecture\\u2019s weekly\\xa0podcast and our online journal Disclaimer, for new thinking and writing on listening and sound through a Patreon subscription, for as little as $5 a month. \\n\\nhttps://www.patreon.com/liquidarchitecture\\n\\nFor the past 20 years, Liquid Architecture has been Australia\\u2019s leading organisation for artists working with sound and listening. LA investigates the sounds themselves, but also the ideas communicated about, and the meaning of, sound and listening.'