Background
Licht, Alan A. was born on June 6, 1968 in Livingston, New Jersey, United States. Son of Irving and Frances Anne Licht.
(Over the past century, an art form has emerged that draws...)
Over the past century, an art form has emerged that draws from the worlds of visual art and music. Sound art’s roots can be found in the experimental work of Italian Futurism, Dada, and later the Fluxus group and the pioneering efforts of the American composer and artist John Cage. In the wake of this groundbreaking work, sound art began to mature into a movement, and artists explored the interactive possibilities of sound and in turn created entirely new modes of experiencing and engaging with art. In this volume, the complete story of sound art is told by one of the country’s leading critics and scholars. The author traces the history of this form of art–highlighting the convergence of the indie world bands such as Sonic Youth with the art world–looking at the critical cross-pollination that has led to some of the most important and challenging art being produced today, including work by Christian Marclay, LaMonte Young, Janet Cardiff, Rodney Graham, and Laurie Anderson, among many others.
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Licht, Alan A. was born on June 6, 1968 in Livingston, New Jersey, United States. Son of Irving and Frances Anne Licht.
Bachelor in Film, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1990.
He is also a writer and journalist. His earliest musical influences, in the 1970s, were mainstream rock bands like the Bee Gees and Wings—he remarks in an interview with Paris Transatlantic magazine that "What made me want to play guitar was that painting of Wings in concert in the gatefold of Wings Over America. lieutenant looked so exciting.
I wanted to be part of lieutenant" Later, in school, he listened to punk and no wave bands like Mission of Burma, Hüsker Dü and Sonic Youth.
Licht majored in Film Studies at Vassar College in New New York Since the 1980s, he has worked and recorded with the bands Love Child, Run On and The Pacific Ocean and with other avant-garde musicians including Jim O"Rourke, Rudolph Grey, and Loren Mazzacane Connors.
He has also recorded several solo albums. Alan participated as drummer 42 in the Boredoms 77 Boadrum performance which occurred on July 7th, 2007 at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn, New New York
Licht"s music draws on a wide range of different styles, from tape-loops, to noisy guitar (sometimes using a prepared instrument), to pure popular music
(Over the past century, an art form has emerged that draws...)
Life partner Angela Claire Jaeger.