Diaz, Carlo, ed. Imagining the Non-Present: Thought Experiments on Rich Temporality in Sound. SONUS Series. Ghent: Orpheus Instituut, 2026. https://doi.org/10.47041/SONUS.2026.2.

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Authors

Carlo Diaz, Mark Dyer, Pablo Galaz Salamanca, Bryn Harrison, Tim Ingold, Priya Satia, Jennifer Walshe, Caroline Wilkins, James Wood

Date

20 January 2026

Contents

DIAZ: Introduction

INGOLD: Not Yet and Already There

WALSHE: Other Presents

SATIA: Transcending Time and the Self

DYER: Speaking Nearby History

HARRISON: Imagining the Past Through the Present

GALAZ SALAMANCA: Mental-Dependent Musical Objects

WILKINS: Sonic Images, Dreams, and Hallucinations

WOOD: Plastic Time

DIAZ, SANTOS, SATIA, AND SHANKS: Closing Forum

Bibliography

Notes on Contributors

Publication Colophon

Contents

Introduction
CARLO DIAZ

Not Yet and Already There: On the Imagination of Real Life
TIM INGOLD

Other Presents
JENNIFER WALSHE

Transcending Time and the Self: The Shared Political and Social Potential of Contemporary Composition and Historically-Minded Performance
PRIYA SATIA

Speaking Nearby History: The Fictional, the Historical, the Imagined, and the Real
MARK DYER

Imagining the Past Through the Present: Questioning Notions of Sameness and Difference Through the Virtual and the Actual
BRYN HARRISON

Mental-Dependent Musical Objects: Framing and Objectification in My Musical Practice
PABLO GALAZ SALAMANCA

Sonic Images, Dreams, and Hallucinations
CAROLINE WILKINS

Plastic Time: An In-Progress Provocation to Dialectic Immaterialism
JAMES WOOD

Closing Forum
CARLO DIAZ, JOÃO CARLOS SANTOS, PRIYA SATIA, AND MICHAEL SHANKS

Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Publication Colophon

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Performing by the Book? Musical Negotiations between Text and Act

Contents

IntroductionCARLO DIAZ

Not Yet and Already There: On the Imagination of Real LifeTIM INGOLD

Other PresentsJENNIFER WALSHE

Transcending Time and the Self: The Shared Political and Social Potential of Contemporary Composition and Historically-Minded PerformancePRIYA SATIA

Speaking Nearby History: The Fictional, the Historical, the Imagined, and the RealMARK DYER

Imagining the Past Through the Present: Questioning Notions of Sameness and Difference Through the Virtual and the ActualBRYN HARRISON

Mental-Dependent Musical Objects: Framing and Objectification in My Musical PracticePABLO GALAZ SALAMANCA

Sonic Images, Dreams, and HallucinationsCAROLINE WILKINS

Plastic Time: An In-Progress Provocation to Dialectic ImmaterialismJAMES WOOD

Closing ForumCARLO DIAZ, JOÃO CARLOS SANTOS, PRIYA SATIA, AND MICHAEL SHANKS

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Introduction
CARLO DIAZ

Not Yet and Already There: On the Imagination of Real Life
TIM INGOLD

Other Presents
JENNIFER WALSHE

Transcending Time and the Self: The Shared Political and Social Potential of Contemporary Composition and Historically-Minded Performance
PRIYA SATIA

Speaking Nearby History: The Fictional, the Historical, the Imagined, and the Real
MARK DYER

Imagining the Past Through the Present: Questioning Notions of Sameness and Difference Through the Virtual and the Actual
BRYN HARRISON

Mental-Dependent Musical Objects: Framing and Objectification in My Musical Practice
PABLO GALAZ SALAMANCA

Sonic Images, Dreams, and Hallucinations
CAROLINE WILKINS

Plastic Time: An In-Progress Provocation to Dialectic Immaterialism
JAMES WOOD

Closing Forum
CARLO DIAZ, JOÃO CARLOS SANTOS, PRIYA SATIA, AND MICHAEL SHANKS