ART OR SOUND, introduction by Germano Celant with texts by David Toop, Jo Applin, Luciano Chessa, et al.

Fondazione Prada, 2014, First edition, 520 pp., 8 1/4" X 11", Softcover Fine Conceived as an investigation of past and present times, explores the relationship between art and sound and the way it has developed from the 16th century to the present day, examining the iconic aspects of musical instruments, the role of the artist-musician, and the areas in which the visual arts and music have intermixed. Organized on a historical basis, the exhibition comprises 180 artifacts and occupies the two main floors of Ca’ Corner della Regina. Starting out with music-themed paintings produced by Bartolomeo Veneto and Nicola Giolfino between 1520 and 1530, it moves on to a series of musical instruments made from unusual and precious materials in the 17th century, a series of 18th-century musical automata, such as the precious clocks in the form of a birdcage made by Jaquet-Droz and Henri Maillardet, and 19th-century examples of automated musical instruments and mechanical devices capable of giving