A discussion that takes as its starting point, and as a periodic interruption, the idea of a sound fossil—a material index of acoustic activity, or a way of accessing past or future time through a perpetual sonic present.

Alice Wang lives and works in Los Angeles. She makes sculptures, drawings, videos, prints and films, and teaches in the Art Department at the University of California, Riverside.

Luke Fischbeck is an artist, composer, and organizer who designs and tests structures for collaboration. He is a contributing member of the group Lucky Dragons (2000—present, with Sarah Rara), founder and principal organizer KCHUNG Radio (2011—present, a collectively-organized broadcast project), managing director of the non-profit arts organization Human Resources, and member of the steering committee for The Los Angeles Contemporary Archive.