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BORN Cleveland, Ohio, 1947
EDUCATION
1970 New School for Social Research, New York, B.A.
1967 Cleveland Institute of Music
1965-67 John Carroll University, Cleveland
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 "Speeds of Time,” Tate Modern, London, UK
“Silent Echoes,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 “Objective Sound,” Western Bridge, Seattle, WA
2006 “Harmonic Bridge,” Tate Modern, London, UK
2005 “Speeds of Time,” Haunch of Venison, London
2001 “Bill Fontana,” Galerie Rachel Haferkamp, Cologne, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 “Der unendliche Raum dehnt sich aus,” Kolumba, Cologne, Germany
2000 “Unoder,” Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde, Denmark
1999 “48th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia,” La Biennale di Venezia,
Vinice, Italy
1998 “Art Forum Around The Bay: Recent Acquisitions,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,
San Francisco, CA
1996 “Kulturby,” Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde, Denmark
1995 “Los limites del museo,” Fundación Antoni Tàples, Barcelona,
1987 “documenta 8,” Documenta, Kassel, Germany
AWARDS, HONORS & FELLOWSHIPS
2009 Golden NICA for Digital Musics, Prix Ars Electronica
Bay Area Treasure Award, Modern Art Council of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
2007 Center for Cultural Innovation, Investing in Artists Grant
2005 Artadia 2005 San Francisco Bay Area Award
2004-2005 Research Fellowship, Arts Council of England
1990-1991 Artists Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
1986-1987 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1985-1986 US/Japan Fellowship, Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission
1983-1984 Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD
1979 Composers Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
TEACHING
2004-2005 University of Birmingham, UK, Department of Electro-Acoustic Music
2000-2003 Academy of Media Arts, Cologne
2003 CCAC, Oakland/San Francisco
1995-1997 San Francisco Art Institute
1994-1995 Sorbonne, Paris
SELECTED COMMISSIONS AND SOUND SCULPTURES
2010-11 Sonic Shadows, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
2010 River Sounding, Somerset House, London, UK
2009 Tyne Soundings, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK
Spiraling Echoes: A Sound Sculpture For The Rotunda Of San Francisco City Hall,
San Francisco City Hall, San Francisco, CA
2008 Speeds ot Time, London,
2007 Objective Sound, Western Bridge, Seattle
Panoramic Echoes, Madison Square Park, New York
2006 Harmonic Bridge, Tate Modern, London
2005 Sound Lines, Dark Arches in Leeds
2004 Speeds of Time, Palace of Westminster, London
Primal Soundings, Leeds City Gallery and Contemporary Art Society
2003 Speeds of Time, BBC, London
2002 Falling Echoes, Creative Time, New York
1999 Acoustical Visions of Venice, 48th Venice Biennale
Wave Memories, Trafalgar Square, National Maritime Museum, London,
1995 Time Fountain, Fundació Antoni Tapies, Barcelona, & Reina Sofia, Madrid
1994 Sound Island, Arc de Triomphe, Paris
1993 Soundbridge Cologne - Kyoto, 1993 - simultaneously installed in Cologne and Kyoto at the
Museum Ludwig and National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto
1991 Vertical Water, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1990 Landscape Soundings, Vienna Festival, Kunsthistorisches Museum
1987 Sound Sculptures through the Golden Gate, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1984 Entfernte Züge (Distant Trains), Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD, West Berlin
1983 Oscillating Steel Grids along the Brooklyn Bridge, World Trade Center and Brooklyn
Museum, New York
1980 Sound Recycling Sculpture, Akademie der Künste, West Berlin and Musée d'art moderne
de la ville de Paris
1978 Sound Sculpture with Resonators, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1977 Kirribilli Wharf, Australian Broadcasting Corp and Sydney Opera House
SELECTED PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS AND WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
2009 Jones Avenue Bridge Sound Installation, San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas
2007 Pigeon Soundings, Kolumba Museum, Cologne, Germany
Objective Sound, Western Bridge, Bill and Ruth True Foundation, Seattle
Spiraling Sound Axis, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina Greeensboro
Natural Song Lines, Kent County Courthouse, Providence, Rhode Island
2004 Primal Soundings, Leeds City Gallery and Contemporary Art Society
2001 Musical Information Network Lyon, Lyon Tramway Line 1
2000 Echo Phases, Simeon Properties Emeryville Tech Center, Emeryville, CA
1999 Wave Phases at Chesil Beach, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, U.K.
1982-1997 Sound Sculpture with a Sequence of Level Crossings, 1982/1997, digitally remastered eight-channel
installation, collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1996 Wave Trains, 1996, Mülheimer Brücke subway station, Colgone, Germany
1993 Spiraling Sound Axis, 1993, North Carollina State Revenue Building, Raleigh
1992 Earth Tones, 1992, Oliver Ranch, Sonoma County, CA
SELECTED ENVIRONMENTAL SOUND RECORDING AND SOUND DESIGN PROJECTS
2008 Sound Design for a pavilion designed by Foster and Partners for London Architecture
Week in 2008
2004-2006 Sonic Landscaping, NBBJ Design, Seattle, 2004-2006
2004 Ants, Sounds of the Rainforest of Trinidad and Army Ant Habitats, California Academy of Science
2002 Antigone, Dusseldorf Schauspiel Haus
1997-1999 Sounds of the British Coast, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, England
1995-1996 Sounds of the Old City of Jerusalem, DAAD Berlin
1988 Australian Rainforests, Australian Broadcasting Commission
Farallon Island Soundscapes, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
1986 Sounds of Hawaii, Hawaii Public Radio, Honolulu
1985 Acoustic Journey, An Investigation of Traditional Japanese Sounds on the Verge of Extinction,
Wacoal Art Center, Tokyo
1984 Rainforests of Thailands, Jungle World Exhibit, New York Zoological Society
1982-1983 Soundscapes, 365 Four Minute Radio Programs on Environmental Sound, National Public Radio
1979 Wild California, Natural Sounds of California, Oakland Museum Natural Sciences Department
1973-1978 Australian Sound Studies, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011
Selman, Mary. “Bill Fontana - White Sound at the Wellcome Collection.” Spoonfed, September 27, 2011.
Thomas, Rebecca. “Chesil Beach waves to wash over central London.” BBC, September 19, 2011.
Downey, Chris. "On Bill Fontana's 'Sonic Shadows.' " SFMOMA Open Space, July 11, 2011.
Kennedy, Maev, “Chesil beach sea to wash up on gridlocked London street,” The Guardian, July 1, 2011.
“Q&A with Sonic Artist Bill Fontana: “Silent Echoes” at the Rubin Museum,” The L Magazine, June 15, 2011.
“So This Is What Silence Sounds Like,” The Gothamist, June 2, 2011.
Turner, Cherie Louise, “The Sound of Architecture: Bill Fontana’s ‘Sonic Shadows’ at SFMOMA,”
The Huffington Post, February 9, 2011.
2010
Dembosky, April, “Sound artist Bill Fontana builds a symphony from everyday sounds,” Crosscurrents from
KALW News, December 3, 2010.
McCarthy, Allison, “Local Artist Bill Fontana Unveils Latest Sound Sculpture at SFMOMA,” 7x7,
November 18, 2010.
“Haunch of Venison Presents Four Separate Projects by Four Artists,” ArtDaily.org, 2010.
Kieffer, John, “Sound Art: Artists of the new wave,” The Independent, May 11, 2010.
Cascella, Daniela, “Bill Fontana,” Frieze, September 5, 2010.
Tsoi-Wiles, Hazel, “Review: River Sounding @ Somerset House,” Londonist, April 16, 2010.
Wyse, Pascal, “Bill Fontana: Caught by the river,” The Guardian, April 15, 2010.
Cullingford, Martin, “Listening to the Thames – Bill Fontana’s River Sounding: Capturing the voice of
London’s river,” April 15, 2010.
Romano, Lauren, “Bill Fontana – River Sounding,” Spoonfed, April 14, 2010.
Dodd, Philip, “Bill Fontana,” BBC, April 12, 2010.
Ward, Ossian, “Bill Fontana’s River Sounding,” TimeOut London, April 8, 2010.
Thorington, Helen, “Live Stage: “River Sounding” by Bill Fontana,” Turbulence, April 1, 2010
Veltman, Chloe, “Audio Aesthetics a Bit Removed From the Standard Do-Re-Mi,” The New York Times,
March 27, 2010.
2009
“Bill Fontana’s ‘Spiraling Echoes,’” Culture Wire, SFGTV, March 18, 2009.
Merrick, Jay, “Observations: Pick up some good vibrations at these two sonic experiments,” The Independent, July 17, 2009.
Roberston, Ross, “Bill’s Sunderland artwork should be worth listening to,” Sunderland Echo, June 19, 2009.
Richards, Linda, “Artist’s recordings of River Tyne festival highlight,” ChronicleLive.co.uk, June 11, 2009.
Hyun, Michelle Y., “Expanding Space & Time,” Artslant.com, May 31, 2009.
Silva, Elda, “For Museum Reach, artists take to bridges,” My San Antonio, May 24, 2009.
“The Art Part: How SAMA is Supporting the Public Art Efforts of the Museum Reach,” Artdaily.org,
May 17, 2009.
Turner, Cherie, “City Arts, Seen and Heard,” Nob Hill Gazette, March 2009.
Goddard, Dan R., “San Antonio Constructs a River of Art For Its Residents, Visitors,” Star-Telegram,
May 8, 2009.
Gannon, Mimi Elliott, “Sounds of Our City: Bill Fontana at City Hall,” Stark Guide, Februrary 9, 2009.
Friedman, Roberto, “Sound + Design.” Bay Area Reporter, March 5, 2009.
Huston, Johnny Ray, “Hear, here.” San Francisco Bay Guardian, February 18, 2009.
“Sight and Sound,” www.kqed.org. February 2009.
http://www.kqed.org/arts/programs/gallerycrawl/episode.jsp?essid=24088.
Hamlin, Jesse, “S.F. City Hall makes a joyful noise.” San Francisco Chronicle, February 13, 2009.
2008
Baker, Kenneth, “Connor’s eye, Fontana’s ear at Haines.” San Francisco Chronicle, December 6, 2008.
Bill Fontana, “The Relocation of Ambient Sound.” Leonardo, Volume 20 # 2, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1987 and republished in Volume 41, Issue 2, 2008
2007
Traub, Peter, “Interview: Bill Fontana.” Networked Music Review, November 1, 2007.
http://transition.turbulence.org/networked_music_review/2007/11/01/interview-bill-fontana/
Graves, Jen, “Noise from the Outside.” The Stranger, July 11, 2007.
Hackett, Regina, “Bill Fontana’s installation at Western Bridge is tuned into industrial sounds.” Seattle Post-
Intelligencer, July 5, 2007.
Scott, Carrie E.A., “Bill Fontana’s New Sculpture at Western Bridge is Barely Visual.” Seattle Weekly,
June 29,2007.
Norris, Mary, “Ring a Ding Ding.” The New Yorker, May 7, 2007.
2006
Alan Riding, “The Sound Artist Bill Fontana Amplifies the Tate Modern’s Millennium Bridge.” New York
Times and International Herald Tribune, June 20, 2006.
2005
Jøran Rudi, “From a Musical Point of View, the World is Musical at any Given Moment.” Journal of Organized
Sound, Volume 10.2, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Robert Riley, “Bill Fontana – Speeds of Time.” Haunch of Venison, London, 2005.
2004
Julian Crowley, “Interview with Bill Fontana.” The Wire, London, April 2004.
1994
Mary Blume, "Portrait of Bill Fontana." International Herald Tribune, July 9, 1994.
John Rockwell, "Sound Island." New York Times, June 18, 1994.
1990
John Hanhardt, Heidi Grundmann, and Werner Fenz, “Landscape Soundings.” Vienna Festival, Vienna, 1990.
BORN Cleveland, Ohio, 1947
EDUCATION
1970 New School for Social Research, New York, B.A.
1967 Cleveland Institute of Music
1965-67 John Carroll University, Cleveland
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 "Speeds of Time,” Tate Modern, London, UK
“Silent Echoes,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 “Objective Sound,” Western Bridge, Seattle, WA
2006 “Harmonic Bridge,” Tate Modern, London, UK
2005 “Speeds of Time,” Haunch of Venison, London
2001 “Bill Fontana,” Galerie Rachel Haferkamp, Cologne, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 “Der unendliche Raum dehnt sich aus,” Kolumba, Cologne, Germany
2000 “Unoder,” Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde, Denmark
1999 “48th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia,” La Biennale di Venezia,
Vinice, Italy
1998 “Art Forum Around The Bay: Recent Acquisitions,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,
San Francisco, CA
1996 “Kulturby,” Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde, Denmark
1995 “Los limites del museo,” Fundación Antoni Tàples, Barcelona,
1987 “documenta 8,” Documenta, Kassel, Germany
AWARDS, HONORS & FELLOWSHIPS
2009 Golden NICA for Digital Musics, Prix Ars Electronica
Bay Area Treasure Award, Modern Art Council of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
2007 Center for Cultural Innovation, Investing in Artists Grant
2005 Artadia 2005 San Francisco Bay Area Award
2004-2005 Research Fellowship, Arts Council of England
1990-1991 Artists Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
1986-1987 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1985-1986 US/Japan Fellowship, Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission
1983-1984 Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD
1979 Composers Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
TEACHING
2004-2005 University of Birmingham, UK, Department of Electro-Acoustic Music
2000-2003 Academy of Media Arts, Cologne
2003 CCAC, Oakland/San Francisco
1995-1997 San Francisco Art Institute
1994-1995 Sorbonne, Paris
SELECTED COMMISSIONS AND SOUND SCULPTURES
2010-11 Sonic Shadows, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
2010 River Sounding, Somerset House, London, UK
2009 Tyne Soundings, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK
Spiraling Echoes: A Sound Sculpture For The Rotunda Of San Francisco City Hall,
San Francisco City Hall, San Francisco, CA
2008 Speeds ot Time, London,
2007 Objective Sound, Western Bridge, Seattle
Panoramic Echoes, Madison Square Park, New York
2006 Harmonic Bridge, Tate Modern, London
2005 Sound Lines, Dark Arches in Leeds
2004 Speeds of Time, Palace of Westminster, London
Primal Soundings, Leeds City Gallery and Contemporary Art Society
2003 Speeds of Time, BBC, London
2002 Falling Echoes, Creative Time, New York
1999 Acoustical Visions of Venice, 48th Venice Biennale
Wave Memories, Trafalgar Square, National Maritime Museum, London,
1995 Time Fountain, Fundació Antoni Tapies, Barcelona, & Reina Sofia, Madrid
1994 Sound Island, Arc de Triomphe, Paris
1993 Soundbridge Cologne - Kyoto, 1993 - simultaneously installed in Cologne and Kyoto at the
Museum Ludwig and National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto
1991 Vertical Water, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1990 Landscape Soundings, Vienna Festival, Kunsthistorisches Museum
1987 Sound Sculptures through the Golden Gate, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1984 Entfernte Züge (Distant Trains), Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD, West Berlin
1983 Oscillating Steel Grids along the Brooklyn Bridge, World Trade Center and Brooklyn
Museum, New York
1980 Sound Recycling Sculpture, Akademie der Künste, West Berlin and Musée d'art moderne
de la ville de Paris
1978 Sound Sculpture with Resonators, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1977 Kirribilli Wharf, Australian Broadcasting Corp and Sydney Opera House
SELECTED PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS AND WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
2009 Jones Avenue Bridge Sound Installation, San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas
2007 Pigeon Soundings, Kolumba Museum, Cologne, Germany
Objective Sound, Western Bridge, Bill and Ruth True Foundation, Seattle
Spiraling Sound Axis, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina Greeensboro
Natural Song Lines, Kent County Courthouse, Providence, Rhode Island
2004 Primal Soundings, Leeds City Gallery and Contemporary Art Society
2001 Musical Information Network Lyon, Lyon Tramway Line 1
2000 Echo Phases, Simeon Properties Emeryville Tech Center, Emeryville, CA
1999 Wave Phases at Chesil Beach, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, U.K.
1982-1997 Sound Sculpture with a Sequence of Level Crossings, 1982/1997, digitally remastered eight-channel
installation, collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1996 Wave Trains, 1996, Mülheimer Brücke subway station, Colgone, Germany
1993 Spiraling Sound Axis, 1993, North Carollina State Revenue Building, Raleigh
1992 Earth Tones, 1992, Oliver Ranch, Sonoma County, CA
SELECTED ENVIRONMENTAL SOUND RECORDING AND SOUND DESIGN PROJECTS
2008 Sound Design for a pavilion designed by Foster and Partners for London Architecture
Week in 2008
2004-2006 Sonic Landscaping, NBBJ Design, Seattle, 2004-2006
2004 Ants, Sounds of the Rainforest of Trinidad and Army Ant Habitats, California Academy of Science
2002 Antigone, Dusseldorf Schauspiel Haus
1997-1999 Sounds of the British Coast, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, England
1995-1996 Sounds of the Old City of Jerusalem, DAAD Berlin
1988 Australian Rainforests, Australian Broadcasting Commission
Farallon Island Soundscapes, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
1986 Sounds of Hawaii, Hawaii Public Radio, Honolulu
1985 Acoustic Journey, An Investigation of Traditional Japanese Sounds on the Verge of Extinction,
Wacoal Art Center, Tokyo
1984 Rainforests of Thailands, Jungle World Exhibit, New York Zoological Society
1982-1983 Soundscapes, 365 Four Minute Radio Programs on Environmental Sound, National Public Radio
1979 Wild California, Natural Sounds of California, Oakland Museum Natural Sciences Department
1973-1978 Australian Sound Studies, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011
Selman, Mary. “Bill Fontana - White Sound at the Wellcome Collection.” Spoonfed, September 27, 2011.
Thomas, Rebecca. “Chesil Beach waves to wash over central London.” BBC, September 19, 2011.
Downey, Chris. "On Bill Fontana's 'Sonic Shadows.' " SFMOMA Open Space, July 11, 2011.
Kennedy, Maev, “Chesil beach sea to wash up on gridlocked London street,” The Guardian, July 1, 2011.
“Q&A with Sonic Artist Bill Fontana: “Silent Echoes” at the Rubin Museum,” The L Magazine, June 15, 2011.
“So This Is What Silence Sounds Like,” The Gothamist, June 2, 2011.
Turner, Cherie Louise, “The Sound of Architecture: Bill Fontana’s ‘Sonic Shadows’ at SFMOMA,”
The Huffington Post, February 9, 2011.
2010
Dembosky, April, “Sound artist Bill Fontana builds a symphony from everyday sounds,” Crosscurrents from
KALW News, December 3, 2010.
McCarthy, Allison, “Local Artist Bill Fontana Unveils Latest Sound Sculpture at SFMOMA,” 7x7,
November 18, 2010.
“Haunch of Venison Presents Four Separate Projects by Four Artists,” ArtDaily.org, 2010.
Kieffer, John, “Sound Art: Artists of the new wave,” The Independent, May 11, 2010.
Cascella, Daniela, “Bill Fontana,” Frieze, September 5, 2010.
Tsoi-Wiles, Hazel, “Review: River Sounding @ Somerset House,” Londonist, April 16, 2010.
Wyse, Pascal, “Bill Fontana: Caught by the river,” The Guardian, April 15, 2010.
Cullingford, Martin, “Listening to the Thames – Bill Fontana’s River Sounding: Capturing the voice of
London’s river,” April 15, 2010.
Romano, Lauren, “Bill Fontana – River Sounding,” Spoonfed, April 14, 2010.
Dodd, Philip, “Bill Fontana,” BBC, April 12, 2010.
Ward, Ossian, “Bill Fontana’s River Sounding,” TimeOut London, April 8, 2010.
Thorington, Helen, “Live Stage: “River Sounding” by Bill Fontana,” Turbulence, April 1, 2010
Veltman, Chloe, “Audio Aesthetics a Bit Removed From the Standard Do-Re-Mi,” The New York Times,
March 27, 2010.
2009
“Bill Fontana’s ‘Spiraling Echoes,’” Culture Wire, SFGTV, March 18, 2009.
Merrick, Jay, “Observations: Pick up some good vibrations at these two sonic experiments,” The Independent, July 17, 2009.
Roberston, Ross, “Bill’s Sunderland artwork should be worth listening to,” Sunderland Echo, June 19, 2009.
Richards, Linda, “Artist’s recordings of River Tyne festival highlight,” ChronicleLive.co.uk, June 11, 2009.
Hyun, Michelle Y., “Expanding Space & Time,” Artslant.com, May 31, 2009.
Silva, Elda, “For Museum Reach, artists take to bridges,” My San Antonio, May 24, 2009.
“The Art Part: How SAMA is Supporting the Public Art Efforts of the Museum Reach,” Artdaily.org,
May 17, 2009.
Turner, Cherie, “City Arts, Seen and Heard,” Nob Hill Gazette, March 2009.
Goddard, Dan R., “San Antonio Constructs a River of Art For Its Residents, Visitors,” Star-Telegram,
May 8, 2009.
Gannon, Mimi Elliott, “Sounds of Our City: Bill Fontana at City Hall,” Stark Guide, Februrary 9, 2009.
Friedman, Roberto, “Sound + Design.” Bay Area Reporter, March 5, 2009.
Huston, Johnny Ray, “Hear, here.” San Francisco Bay Guardian, February 18, 2009.
“Sight and Sound,” www.kqed.org. February 2009.
http://www.kqed.org/arts/programs/gallerycrawl/episode.jsp?essid=24088.
Hamlin, Jesse, “S.F. City Hall makes a joyful noise.” San Francisco Chronicle, February 13, 2009.
2008
Baker, Kenneth, “Connor’s eye, Fontana’s ear at Haines.” San Francisco Chronicle, December 6, 2008.
Bill Fontana, “The Relocation of Ambient Sound.” Leonardo, Volume 20 # 2, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1987 and republished in Volume 41, Issue 2, 2008
2007
Traub, Peter, “Interview: Bill Fontana.” Networked Music Review, November 1, 2007.
http://transition.turbulence.org/networked_music_review/2007/11/01/interview-bill-fontana/
Graves, Jen, “Noise from the Outside.” The Stranger, July 11, 2007.
Hackett, Regina, “Bill Fontana’s installation at Western Bridge is tuned into industrial sounds.” Seattle Post-
Intelligencer, July 5, 2007.
Scott, Carrie E.A., “Bill Fontana’s New Sculpture at Western Bridge is Barely Visual.” Seattle Weekly,
June 29,2007.
Norris, Mary, “Ring a Ding Ding.” The New Yorker, May 7, 2007.
2006
Alan Riding, “The Sound Artist Bill Fontana Amplifies the Tate Modern’s Millennium Bridge.” New York
Times and International Herald Tribune, June 20, 2006.
2005
Jøran Rudi, “From a Musical Point of View, the World is Musical at any Given Moment.” Journal of Organized
Sound, Volume 10.2, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Robert Riley, “Bill Fontana – Speeds of Time.” Haunch of Venison, London, 2005.
2004
Julian Crowley, “Interview with Bill Fontana.” The Wire, London, April 2004.
1994
Mary Blume, "Portrait of Bill Fontana." International Herald Tribune, July 9, 1994.
John Rockwell, "Sound Island." New York Times, June 18, 1994.
1990
John Hanhardt, Heidi Grundmann, and Werner Fenz, “Landscape Soundings.” Vienna Festival, Vienna, 1990.
