Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts

John Peffer: Liner Notes
2025-10-09 13:10 - 14:10 (America/New_York) | Rehearsal Hall – BC216, 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, 07430, United States
Join Professor of Art History John Peffer October 9th, from 1:10 – 2:10 for a performance relating to his works on view in the Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition.
“Liner Notes” is a slide show and audio lecture that describes the look, the feel, and the sounds of an archive of music recordings censored during apartheid in South Africa. During apartheid, vinyl records were physically cut with a sharp object to prevent them from being played on the radio, but Peffer holds up those scratches for visual analysis and plays them back anyway.
The exhibition will be on view in the Berrie Center’s Kresge and Pascal Galleries from September 24th – November 21st. The Galleries are open Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 1-5 p.m., Wednesday, 1-7 p.m..
