Thinking Spaces, “The Black Square” is presented by Bob Wiseman, and takes place Monday, October 30 at 11am ET. The talk includes a presentation followed by a guided Q&A and conversation period.

For our fourth Thinking Spaces session, we are excited to welcome IMPR graduate student, Bob Wiseman. Join us on Monday 30 October 2023, 11:00AM-12:30PM to listen to this musician, author and educator discuss and share ideas from his novel in process. This talk takes place in-person in the Tranzac Club, Toronto, Ontario (292 Brunswick Avenue) and will be streamed online. Registration is required to attend. Sign up now!

More about this talk:

Bob will provide excerpts of his novel in process read by Rebecca Campbell. “I am in
engaged in two pieces of writing. The first is a work of fiction, the second a framing document.
The fiction is what we will be reading on October 30th. It is about a musician studying
improvisation and how that alters his consciousness.” Bob is introducing it and answering
questions. Guest Rebecca Campbell will read the actual story instead of Bob, “I like the sound of
her voice more than the one in my head.” Guest John Oswald will be present and supply first
questions/ responses.

More about the speaker:

Bob Wiseman is a PhD student in Critical Studies in Improvisation. He is also a teacher at the
University of Western Ontario and Seneca Polytechnic. At Western he teaches improvisation,
music business and songwriting, at Seneca media and censorship studies. In addition to being at
the University of Guelph at IICSI, Bob is the author of the 2020 book Music Lessons, “Each
entry is unique and compellingly written, but the themes throughout ― on improvisational
music, life lessons, and conflict ― are ubiquitous.” Jack David