A sonic experience where the audience sits blindfolded is returning to Cornell March 23 for a 6 p.m. performance in Sage Chapel. 

The World According to Sound, a duo who were artists-in-residence on campus in the fall of 2019, will visit Cornell with their new show, “Ways of Knowing,” as part of a 25-campus tour across the country this spring highlighting “the spirit of academic inquiry.”

“This is a compilation of things we’ve been working on over the last 10-12 years, a ‘best of the World According to Sound’ show,” said Chris Hoff ‘02, one of the producers. “And it’s an introduction to this perspective for people who might not consider themselves sound aficionados or sound studies people.”

“The humanities give us new ways to understand the things we think we know,” said Sam Harnett, another producer, adding that a focus of the show is breaking down some of the artificial barriers between the sciences and the humanities. “The arts and sciences are about pursuing different ways of knowing. The show is an exercise in using sound, which is often neglected or overlooked, as a way of knowing.”

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