Currents in digital-cultural thinking and practice shift the place and function of meaning from the representational to the informational. Such a shift demands from the viewer/audience a different relation to an artistic work, by requiring a greater consideration of the entire field of presentation over the singular view, making forms of artistic practice increasingly involved in becoming-public. Brandon LaBelle addresses the promises and problematics of spatial practice, with a focus on sound, exploring the way intimate conversations take place through public work. LaBelle is an artist and writer working with sound and questions of location. A former AA tutor, he is the author of Background Noise: Perspectives On Sound Art.