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“RACKET! Art in Pursuit of Peace and Quiet” is a forthcoming exhibition and book that explores excessive sound, a rampant form of environmental pollution.

Artists are invited to address the symptoms of noise pollution or propose its remediation.

Solutions, observations, reflections, defenses, offenses, anti-dotes are welcome.

Noise pollution can cause hearing loss, disrupt sleep, interfere with communication; factor into cardiac, respiratory, neurological, and other physiological maladies; produce stress, high blood pressure, anger, and frustration; lower resistance to disease and infection; cause circulatory problems, ulcers, asthma, colitis, headaches, and gastrointestinal disorders; interfere with children’s language development and learning ability. In addition, excessive noise harms livestock, pets, and animals in the wild. Vibrations induced by sound waves can also damage property.

Curators: Linda Weintraub and Riva Weinstein

Information about submitting a proposal: https://sites.google.com/site/projectracket/

Deadline: September 1, 2014

Your artwork might:

• Compare contemporary and historic soundscapes.
• Consider the appeal of dangerous sound volume.
• Eliminate, suppress, or replace excessive noise.
• Examine social justice issues related to noise.
• Provide relief for the victims of noise pollution.
• Originate a new approach to noise polllution.
• Harvest noise. Transform it into a resource.
• Solve a specific form of noise pollution.
• Visualize or physicalize extreme noise.
• Depict the effect of clamor on children.
• Trace the history of ‘quiet’ ordinances.

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