Art or Sound: The Life and Work of Alvin Lucier

The sound artist and experimental composer Alvin Lucier (1931-2021), best known for his 1969 work I Am Sitting in a Room, was born in Nashua, New Hampshire. In a long, committed practice, Alvin Lucier explored the physicality of sound and extended the possibilities of experimentation in music, helping shape the landscape of avant-garde sound art starting in the 1960s.