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Two great tastes in one festival: Activating the Medium

John Cage warned us: "If you develop an ear for sounds that are musical it is like developing an ego. You begin to refuse sounds that are not musical and that way cut yourself off from a good deal of experience." The curators of Activating the Medium, a festival dedicated to sound art, are clearly heeding the composer's warning. Now in its ninth year, ATM is a testament to the dedication of a small group of noise devotees, a festival that has consistently reinvented itself to survive.

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