Charles Eppley
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Mail code: 2151Campus: West
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Charles Eppley (they/he) is an interdisciplinary art historian specializing in sound art, disability studies, and digital culture. In the Interdisciplinary Arts & Performance (IAP) program at ASU, Eppley teaches courses in modern and contemporary art, the history and theory of analog/digital media, and perspectives on diversity/inclusivity in the arts.
Prior to joining ASU, Eppley held positions as:
- Visiting Assistant Professor of Media Studies at the University of California, Riverside
- Visiting Assistant Professor of Modern & Contemporary Art at Oberlin College
- Research Strategist at the MIT Media Lab
- Research Fellow in Experiments in Art & Technology (E.A.T.) at Nokia Bell Labs
- Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (in the Epistemes of Modern Acoustics research group).
They serve on the Editorial Board of Resonance: The Journal of Sound & Culture, and contribute as an affiliated faculty member to the new online Disability Studies program in the School of Humanities, Arts & Cultural Studies (SHArCS).
Eppley's research interests include critical approaches to postwar and contemporary sound art, sound studies, and listening culture, and focus on the concepts of site-specificity, mediation, phenomenology, and epistemology. They utilize a hybrid art historical, media studies, and sound studies methods and theories to analyze 20th and 21st century intermedia art, especially those artists working in the domain of "art and technology."
Their scholarly publications appear in the peer-reviewed journals Leonardo, Public Art Dialogue, Resonance: The Journal of Sound & Culture, Parallax, and the Journal of Media Art Study & Theory (MAST). They have also edited special issues of Public Art Dialogue ("Soundsites: Experiments in Sound & Place," 2019) and Resonance ("Queer Politics & Positionalities in Sonic Art," 2023-present).
Eppley is a member of the "Proclaiming Disability Arts" research group at New York University: a multiyear community arts and book project housed at the NYU Center for Disability Studies and the Department of Media, Culture & Communication (MCC). This project is funded by the Mellon and Ford foundations.
Books in Preparation
- Disability Arts, eds., Simi Linton, Charles Eppley & Dom Bradley. Supported by grants from the Ford and Mellon foundations (Co-edited artist book)
- Soundsites: Max Neuhaus and the Politics of Listening (Single-authored scholarly monograph)
- Creative Circuits: Art at Bell Labs in the Age of Technology (Co-authored scholarly monograph)
Articles in Preparation
- “Crypto Climates: Critical Debates on the Environmental Impact of Crypto Art, 2018-present"
- “Once More with Feeling: The Lion's Gallery of the Senses & Accessibility as Curatorial Model”
- “Empowering the Subject Voice: Disability, Equity & Vocality in Contemporary Sonic Art”
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
- “A Map of a Sound as a Space: Christine Sun Kim’s (LISTEN) (2016),” Journal of Media Art Study & Theory, Special Issue: Sound, Colonialism and Power (November 2021)
- “Windspun (1981): Liz Phillips, Sonic Public Art and the ‘Greening’ of South Bronx,” Public Art Dialogue, Vol. 11, Issue 1, Special Issue: Public Art & Gender (Spring 2021)
- “Times Square: Strategies and Contingencies of Preserving Sonic Art,” Leonardo Music Journal, Vol. 27, Special Issue: History & Memory (December 2017)
- “Beyond Cage: On Sonic Art History & Historiography,” Parallax, Vol. 23, Issue 3, Special Issue: Sounding/Thinking (July 2017)
Guest Edited Journal Issues
- Charles Eppley, ed., Resonance: The Journal of Sound & Culture, Vol. 5., Nos. 1-4. Special Series: “Queer Politics & Positionalities in Sonic Art.” (2024)
- Charles Eppley, ed., Resonance: The Journal of Sound & Culture, Vol. 4., Nos. 1-4. Special Series: “Queer Politics & Positionalities in Sonic Art.” (2023)
- Charles Eppley and Åsa Stjerna, eds., Public Art Dialogue, Vol. 9., No. 1. Special Issue: “Soundsites: Experiments in Sound and Place.” (Spring 2019)
Special Series Introductions
- “Queer Politics & Positionalities in Sonic Art,” Resonance: The Journal of Sound & Culture, Vol. 4, No. 2. (April 2023)
- Charles Eppley and Åsa Stjerna, “Soundsites: Guest Editor’s Statement,” eds., Public Art Dialogue. Vol. 9., No. 1. Special Issue: Soundsites: Experiments in Sound and Place. (Spring 2019)
Scholarly Interviews
- “Queer Trash & Charles Eppley in Conversation,” Resonance: The Journal of Sound & Culture, Vol. 4, No. 3 (2023)
- “Queer Podcasting: Ariana Martinez, James T. Green & Charles Eppley in Conversation,” Resonance: The Journal of Sound & Culture, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Forthcoming 2023)
- "Queer Percussion Research Group and Charles Eppley in Conversation," Resonance: The Journal of Sound & Culture, Vol. 5., No. 1 (Forthcoming 2024)
Invited Essays & Book Chapters
- “Towards an Ethical Pedagogy of Emergent Technology: Considerations on Blockchain & AI in the Classroom,” in acierto et al, eds., CQDE: A Feminist Manifestx of Code-ing Vol. 2. (Forthcoming 2024)
- “A Map of a Sound as a Space: Christine Sun Kim’s (LISTEN) (2016),” in Biserna, ed., Going Out: Walking, Listening, Soundmaking (Umland Editions, 2022). Reprinted journal article.
- “The Concrete Poetry of the Noigandres,” A Proposito de Nada / Apropos of Nothing (Mexico City: Wendy’s Subway and Aeromoto, 2018)
- “Queer/Feminist Sound & the Digital Archive,” Digital America (August 2015)
Editorials and Interviews (Selected)
- “Difference Machines: An Interview with Tina Rivers Ryan and Paul Vanouse,” Rhizome (Jan 4, 2022)
- “In Conversation: Philippe Parreno & Charles Eppley,” The Brooklyn Rail (March 2018)
- “The Experimental Music of Maryanne Amacher & Philip Corner,” The Brooklyn Rail (November 2, 2017)
- “More than Minimalism: The Algorithmic Turn,” Art in America (January 2016)
- “Yoshi Wada and Drone as Conceptual Art,” Art in America (November 2015)
- “Dream Catcher: Preserving Sonic Art,” Art in America (September 2015)
- “A Noise Festival Makes Melody in Strange Ways,” Hyperallergic (May 21, 2015)
- “In His Final Opera, [Robert Ashley] Presents a Divided Self Portrait," Hyperallergic (April 21, 2015)
- “As Queer Listening: Interview with Sergei Tcherepnin,” Rhizome (September 14, 2014)
- “Spending an Evening with a Maestro of Drone Music [Phill Niblock],” Hyperallergic (October 9, 2014)
- “Public Art in the Sonic Realm,” Hyperallergic (June 23, 2014)
- “The Freedom of Futurist Poetry: Luciano Chessa at the Guggenheim, Hyperallergic (June 12, 2014)
- “Listening Deeply to the Whitney Biennial,” Hyperallergic (May 23, 2014)
- “Charlemagne Palestine at Plymouth Church,” Hyperallergic (March 11, 2014)
- “Sound is Here: Interview with Barbara London,” Rhizome (September 12, 2013)
Eppley is currently working on several journal article and book projects. The primary project is a single-authored scholarly monograph on the postwar sound artist Max Neuhaus (1939-2009) (Soundsites: Max Neuhaus and the Politics of Listening).
Eppley is also co-editing an artist book (Disability Arts) that documents the critical, innovative, and multidisciplinary practices of historic and contemporary disabled artists, focusing on creative and artistic approaches to accessibility and disability activism.
With Resonance: The Journal of Sound and Culture, Eppley is editing a recurring sub-series called "Queer Positionalities & Politics in Sonic Art." Please review the CFP here.
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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IAP 307 | Art and War |
IAP 307 | Art and War |
IAP 325 | Sound Perf: Exploring Alt Perf |
IAP 111 | Foundatn Sound, Dig Art, Games |
IAP 325 | Sound Perf: Exploring Alt Perf |
IAP 464 | Media and Diversity |
IAP 464 | Media and Diversity |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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IAP 307 | Art and War |
IAP 307 | Art and War |
IAP 464 | Media and Diversity |
IAP 464 | Media and Diversity |
IAP 305 | 20th-21st Cent Art, Perf&Media |
IAP 101 | Art, Artist, and Culture |
IAP 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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IAP 325 | Sound Perf: Exploring Alt Perf |
IAP 307 | Art and War |
IAP 307 | Art and War |
IAP 202 | Persp Interdisc Arts & Perfrmn |
IAP 202 | Persp Interdisc Arts & Perfrmn |
IAP 305 | 20th-21st Cent Art, Perf&Media |
IAP 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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IAP 202 | Persp Interdisc Arts & Perfrmn |
IAP 307 | Art and War |
IAP 307 | Art and War |
IAP 464 | Media and Diversity |
IAP 464 | Media and Diversity |
IAP 305 | 20th-21st Cent Art, Perf&Media |
IAP 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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IAP 307 | Art and War |
IAP 103 | Found I: Interdisc Art Pract |
IAP 307 | Art and War |
IAP 103 | Found I: Interdisc Art Pract |
IAP 202 | Persp Interdisc Arts & Perfrmn |
IAP 202 | Persp Interdisc Arts & Perfrmn |
IAP 305 | 20th-21st Cent Art, Perf&Media |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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IAP 202 | Persp Interdisc Arts & Perfrmn |
IAP 307 | Art and War |
IAP 307 | Art and War |
IAP 364 | Documentaries |
IAP 364 | Documentaries |
IAP 464 | Media and Diversity |
IAP 464 | Media and Diversity |