Micah Silver

Former Curator, Music

Micah Silver is an artist who creates intersensory situations for processing technology, self, and community. This has taken the form of artwork, writing, curatorial projects, micro-institutions and speculative companies, largely around audio. His book Figures in Air, repositioning audio as an affective AI, is in its second printing with Inventory Press. His “musical” compositions use audio as an artifactual and attention-structuring tool. Silver has organized over a hundred projects of his peers in curatorial roles at Diapason, EMPAC, and Black Hole. He’s also the co-founder of Polytope, an audio scenography collective that bridges gaps in how listeners are considered in the design and construction of cultural spaces and exhibitions.

Events and Residencies

2011

December 9, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
December 9–9, 2011
Music/Sound, Residency
JACK Quartet
October 29, 2011 at 8:30 pm
Music/Sound, Performance, Commission
Francis and the Lights
October 28, 2011 at 8:30 pm
Music/Sound, Performance, Commission
Francis and the Lights
October 7, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Performance
September 9, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
Sonic Research Underground
August 29–December 9, 2011
Season
June 13–October 31, 2011
Music/Sound, Commission, Residency
Francis Farewell Starlite
May 12–November 5, 2011
Music/Sound, Installation
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot
April 30, 2011 at 9:30 pm
Music/Sound, Performance, Commission
Francisco López
April 30, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance, Commission
Francisco López
April 29, 2011 at 9:30 pm
Music/Sound, Performance, Commission
Francisco López
April 29, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance, Commission
Francisco López
April 28, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance, Commission
Francisco López
April 26–May 13, 2011
Music/Sound, Residency
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot
April 16, 2011 at 8:30 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
Jarosław Kapuściński
April 14–19, 2011
Music/Sound, Residency
Jaroslaw Kapuscinski
April 6–May 1, 2011
Music/Sound, Commission, Residency
Francisco Lopez
March 12, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
Music for 18 Musicians + Double Sextet
March 10–12, 2011
Music/Sound, Residency
Ensemble Signal
February 26, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Talk, Performance
Gérard Grisey
February 26, 2011 at 6:30 pm
Music/Sound, Talk, Performance
Gérard Grisey
January 18–May 12, 2011
Season

2010

December 4, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Music/Sound, Performance, Commission
Sean Griffin
December 3, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Music/Sound, Performance, Commission
Sean Griffin
November 12, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
Argento Chamber Ensemble
November 11–21, 2010
Music/Sound, Residency
Hans Tutschku
November 9–12, 2010
Music/Sound, Residency
Argento Chamber Ensemble
October 30, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance, Commission
Klien + Tutschku
October 3, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
Maryanne Amacher
October 2, 2010 at 10:30 pm
Music/Sound, Performance, Commission
Klien + Tutschku
October 2, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance, Commission
Klien + Tutschku
October 1–3, 2010
Festival
October 1, 2010–January 21, 2011
Music/Sound, Installation, Commission
Michael J. Schumacher
October 1–3, 2010
Installation
Volkmar Klein
October 1–3, 2010
Dance/Theater, Film/Video, Music/Sound
October 1, 2010 at 7:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance, Commission
Klien + Tutschku
September 10–December 4, 2010
Season
June 8–17, 2010
Music/Sound, Residency
Yarn/Wire
June 3–24, 2010
Music/Sound, Commission, Residency
Hans Tutschku
May 28, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
April 14–December 7, 2010
Music/Sound, Commission, Residency
Sean Griffin
April 14–December 7, 2010
Dance/Theater, Music/Sound, Performance, Commission, Residency
Sean Griffin
April 8, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
March 27, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
March 27, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Film/Video, Music/Sound, Commission
The OpenEnded Group
March 27–28, 2010
Music/Sound, Residency
Helmut Lachenmann, Ensemble Signal, and JACK Quartet
March 26, 2010 at 7:00 pm
Film/Video, Music/Sound, Commission
The OpenEnded Group
March 25, 2010 at 7:00 pm
Film/Video, Music/Sound, Commission
The OpenEnded Group
March 20, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
March 5, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
February 13, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Music/Sound, Series
February 13, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
with Nuclear Power Pants
January 28–May 28, 2010
Season

2009

November 20, 2009–July 14, 2010
Music/Sound, Residency
November 18, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Talk
November 14, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
November 14–15, 2009
Music/Sound, Residency
November 13, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
w/ IMNOPF, Skeleton$, + Luciano Chessa
November 6–7, 2009
Talk, Workshop
Marc Downie
October 30, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
October 6–10, 2009
Music/Sound, Residency
October 6–10, 2009
Music/Sound, Commission, Residency
October 3, 2009 at 8:30 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
Per Tengstrand
September 29–30, 2009
Music/Sound, Residency
Bruce Odland & Sam Auinger
September 22–October 18, 2009
Music/Sound, Residency
September 11, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
BOADRUM 9 plus DEERHUNTER
September 3, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
Contact Ensemble
September 3–December 10, 2009
Season
July 10–August 9, 2009
Music/Sound, Residency
Miguel Azguime
July 5–18, 2009
Music/Sound, Residency
Luciano Chessa
April 27, 2009–January 21, 2011
Music/Sound, Commission, Residency
Michael J Schumacher
April 2, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Talk, Commission
The Chronopher
March 30, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
Yvon Bonenfant
March 29, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
Yvon Bonenfant
March 20–29, 2009
Film/Video, Music/Sound, Installation
Catherine Sullivan with Sean Griffin
March 19, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Film/Video
March 14, 2009–March 25, 2010
Film/Video, Music/Sound, Commission, Residency
The OpenEnded Group
March 8, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
Rafael Toral
March 6, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
Doug Henderson, Seth Cluett, and Natasha Barrett
March 2–13, 2009
Music/Sound, Performance, Residency
Yvon Bonenfant
January 29–February 26, 2009
Music/Sound, Commission, Residency
Maryanne Amacher
January 25, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
January 17, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Dance/Theater, Music/Sound, Performance
Sean Griffin
January 16–May 30, 2009
Season
January 13, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
Quicksilver
January 12–17, 2009
Dance/Theater, Music/Sound, Performance, Commission, Residency
Sean Griffin
January 12–17, 2009
Music/Sound, Residency
Sean Griffin

2008

December 11, 2008–May 13, 2010
Film/Video, Series
December 11, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Film/Video
November 15, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
Daniel Teige & the work of Xenakis
November 8, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
October 9, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
Robert Normandeau
October 4, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Music/Sound, Opening
October 3–19, 2008
Festival
October 2008
September 1–December 15, 2008
Season
April 25, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
March 6, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Talk
Jonathan Berger
January 29, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Film/Video
Sophie Fiennes and Slavoj Žižek
January 23–May 1, 2008
Season

2007

November 17, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
Neil Rolnick
October 19, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
Anthony Braxton 12(+1)tet
October 11, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Talk
Max Mathews
May 3, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
February 17, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance
January 19, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Music/Sound, Performance

2005

September 8, 2005 at 6:30 pm
Performance, Commission
On Site + Sound

2004

January 1, 2004–December 31, 2007
Season
The years before the building

Events and Residencies

Friday / November 3, 2023 at 6:00 pm

EMPAC Fall 2023

Shifting Center
November 3–18, 2023
Padmini Chettur & Maarten Visser, Guillermo Escalón & Igor de Gandarías, and Micah Silver
October 27–November 18, 2023

EMPAC Fall 2023

October 6–13, 2023
Residency, Commission
Micah Silver