19-20/06/2025 – Paris. On June 19 and 20, in collaboration with Université Paris-Saclay, the Law School of Sciences Po, and IRCAM–Centre Pompidou, as part of the activities of the SDI, an international conference will be held on the relationship between law and sound, essentially aimed at answering the question: Is law an acoustic phenomenon?
Designed as a mirror reflexively held up to law and its sensory orders, this symposium will bring together twelve researchers and artists from across the fields of procedural law, legal theory, history, sound art and sound studies.
It is strucutred around three threads. First, a reflection on the scripturality and orality of law, questioning the foundations of the judicial institution; second, a study of the aesthetic dimension of law, evoking the sensoriality of its enactment; and finally, an exploration of forensic sound art practices, engaging with the question of how law is inscribed in society. See the program for more details.
