Hey – Could Ya Turn Down That Art Over There?

Contemporary art is getting noisier. “Almost regardless of medium, today’s art comes with soundtracks, voiceovers, loudly moving parts or interactive elements. The computer and the Internet have brought out the inner polymath in many artists, who often play in bands and now sample and splice sound and music as easily as they once cut and pasted magazine images. Exhibition catalogs incorporate CD’s. Speakers and headsets abound in museums, galleries and art fairs.”