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Dear List, Sound Art: March Theme of the Month In new media art, the visual tends to dominate the scene. But what about the aural? What are the problems of 'exhibiting' or distributing new media 'sound art'? What do we call it? Are the models 'the concert' 'the installation', the group, the individual, or something else? Is sound the neglected element in mixed media works? Does it live in Turing-Land or Duchamp-land? Can you find a good sound installation technician? Has it got a whole different audience? How does it work in mixed shows? Does it work as public art? These small questions could be tackled this month. The discussion list has touched on sound before, including Thomas Swiss' useful resource list of Thu, 26 Apr 2001, but hasn't looked at the question in depth. This month's theme and guests has been chosen in collaboration with Kathleen Forde and Benjamin Weil of SFMOMA. This Month's Invited Respondents: Kathleen Forde, Media Arts Curatorial Associate, SFMOMA. Naut Human, San Francisco, freelance curator /producer and record label director. Kevin Mc Hugh, Creative Time/independent curator, New York. Zina Kaye, radio streamer, Australia. Elke Moltrecht, Podewil, Berlin. Sneha Solanki artist/radio streamer, Newcastle. Philip Samartzis, curator/artist, Australia. Joseph Thompson, MASS MoCA. David Toop, Sonic Boom curator, London. Benjamin Weil, Media Arts Curator, SFMOMA.