If ‘culture’ is the same as the commonplace, the commonplace of those of us who appear and recognise ourselves here is that of those interested in the use of sound as a material in/for art, which is the same as saying sound art.

A national and international reference in the field of sound art, José Iges presents a series of reflections on some of the prevailing concepts in the field of sound art, as well as an approach to the work of various historical and contemporary artists.

José Iges (Madrid, 1951) is a composer and multidisciplinary artist; industrial engineer and doctor in Information Sciences. Between 1985 and 2008 he directed the Ars Sonora programme on Radio Clásica (RNE). Between 1999 and 2005 he was coordinator of the EBU's Ars Acústica group, of which he was a founding member. He was also president of the AMEE (Electroacoustic Music Association of Spain) between 1999 and 2002. As a solo artist and together with the artist Concha Jerez, he has created installations, performances, InterMedia concerts, radio art works, videos, digital photomontages and various graphic works. He has composed works for tape and digital media, as well as for soloists and electronic and instrumental ensembles. He gives lectures, workshops and exhibitions on sound art and radio art. He is the author of several books on these subjects, including his doctoral thesis Arte Radiofónico (UCM, 1997), Conferencias sobre arte sonoro (Árdora, 2017) and El giro notacional (CENDEAC, 2019).