1994
First published in Zeitgleich [English, German] The Symposium, The seminar, The exhibition, Transit, Kunstahalle Tirol. Vien: Triton, 1994 (Catalog)
- Footnotes
- This contribution was written by M.Neuhaus as a reaction to the issues of "sound ecology" raised in the "Zeitgleich" symposium.
- Published in the New York Times on December 6, 1974.
- In 1991 Neuhaus was awarded the first patent for a sound as a result of his siren project; see 'Sirene - Aural Design' (Dutch and English), Kunst and Museum Journaal, volume 4 number 6, 1993, Amsterdam; and 'Siren' (German) and 'Listen' (German), Welt auf tönernen Füßen, Schriftenreihe Forum/Band 2, Göttingen 1994.
- 'Muzak' is the generic term for background music in the US.
- Such a signal is a legal requirement for heavy trucks in North America.
