Education
Fontana attended the New School for Social Research in New York and studied both music and philosophy.
Fontana attended the New School for Social Research in New York and studied both music and philosophy.
He traveled to Australia, and also stayed in Japan and Germany composing. Fontana began making sound sculptures in 1976. He has made works all over the world and has presented his sound sculptures extensively, including at the Venice Biennale (1999), the Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid (1995), The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1991), Tate Modern, London (2006), Madison Square Park, New York (2007), and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1987, 1997, 2010).