In 1978, Max Neuhaus published a postcard "Listen" around his first independant work as an artist. This work, as a "lecture demonstration" , was supposed to refocus people's aural perspective.
"...The first performance was for a small group of invited friends. I
asked them to meet me on the corner of Avenue D and West 14th Street in
Manhattan. I rubberstamped LISTEN on each person's hand and began
walking with them down 14th Street towards the East River. At that point
the street bisects a power plant and, as I had noticed previously, one
hears some spectacularly massive rumbling. We continued, crossing the
highway and walking along the sound of its tire wash, down river for a
few blocks, re-crossing over a pedestrian bridge, passing through the
Puerto Rican street life of the lower east side to my studio, where I
performed some percussion pieces for them..."
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