Joël Vacheron is a writer and cultural theorist based in London. After completing studies in social sciences, he worked as a teaching assistant and lecturer in visual culture at the University of Lausanne (check ?). He completed an MA in photography and urban cultures at Goldsmiths, University(check ?) of London, in 2006. Besides various projects related to contemporary culture, he is currently the web editor of vibrationsmusic.com and lecturer in the Visual Communication Department at the Lausanne University of the Arts (ECAL).

“With the industrial revolution, a cacophony previously unheard of started to marr the audio landscape of urban environments. Various initiatives, philanthropic or commercial, then tired to localize, problematize, and – with more or less success – regulate these new sonic ‘disturbances.’ From development of soundproof materials to isolating sound devices such as the iPod, via the background soundtracks of Muzak, a whole range of measures reveal the impact of sound on the way we deal with our environment.” -Joel Vacheron