Join us on Friday, November 29 at 5pm for a program led by DJ Spooky (Paul D. Miller) and Ultan Guilfoyle. Inspired by Guilfoyle's book Guitar: The Shape of Sound, the interactive discussion will include live demonstrations from Gerry Leonard, David Bowie's guitarist. This is a special event that will take the audience on a journey through the history of the guitar and how it changed the world.

Ultan Guilfoyle is an award-winning producer, director, and writer, whose films include Sketches of Frank Gehry (2006) and Making Space, Five Women Architects (2015). His books include The Motorcycle, Design, Art, Desire (Phaidon, 2020). His most recent book Guitar: The Shape of Sound, is a visual history of how guitars changed the world. It is a tour de force of history, literary theory and the way tuning systems alter our perception of pop culture. The book includes guitars from iconic legends like Jimi Hendrix, Robert Johnson, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The White Stripes, and many other legendary figures from the world of rock, blues, and beyond.

Miller aka Dj Spooky is a globally recognized figure in electronic music and is in the middle of finishing two books - one about art, AI, and the geopolitics of data, and the other, is a mediation on how algorithms are changing the way we think about food.

Gerry Leonard ( is an Irish guitarist known for his harmonic and ambient guitar style and for his work with David Bowie, Suzanne Vega, Rufus Wainwright, Laurie Anderson, Duncan Sheik and many others. He has a solo project called Spooky Ghost.