Background noise
Subtitle: perspectives on sound art
By: Brandon LaBelle
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9781628923520
Subjects: Sound in art; Sound installations (Art); Modern Arts
Description: "Follows the development of sound as an artistic medium and illustrates how sound is put to use within modes of composition, installation, and performance"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: AcknowledgementsPreface to the Second EditionIntroduction: Auditory Relations Fade InPart 1: 4'33": Sound and Points of OriginIntroduction to Part 1 Chapter 1 Sociality of Sound: John Cage and Musical ConceptsChapter 2 Exposing the Sound Object:Musique Concrète's Sonic Research Chapter 3 Automatic Music: Group Ongaku's Performative Labors Part 2: Box with the Sound of Its Own Making: From Gags to Sculptural Form Introduction to Part 2 Chapter 4 Rhythms of Chaos: Happenings, Environments, and Fluxus Chapter 5 Minimalist Treatments: La Monte Young and Robert Morris Chapter 6 Conceptualizations:Michael Asher and the Subject of Space Part 3: I Am Sitting in a Room: Vocal IntensitiesIntroduction to Part 3 Chapter 7 Performing Desire/ Performing Fear: Vito Acconci and the Power Plays of Voice Chapter 8 Finding Oneself: Alvin Lucier and the Phenomenal VoiceChapter 9 Word of Mouth: Christof Migone's Little ManiasPart 4: Public Supply: Buildings, Constructions, and Locational ListeningIntroduction to Part 4 Chapter 10 Tuning Space:Max Neuhaus and Site-Specific SoundChapter 11 Other Architectures:Michael Brewster, Maryanne Amacher, and Bernhard LeitnerChapter 12 Composing Intensities: Iannis Xenakis's Multimedia Architectures Part 5: Soundmarks: Environments and Aural GeographyIntroduction to Part 5 Chapter 13 Seeking Ursound: Hildegard Westerkamp, Steve Peters, and the Soundscape Chapter 14 Language Games: Yasunao Tone and the Mechanics of Information Chapter 15 Complicating Place: Bill Fontana and Networking the Soundscape Part 6: Global Strings: Interpersonal and Network Space Introduction to Part 6 Chapter 16 Interactions: Achim Wollscheid's Production of the Local Chapter 17 Global Events: Atau Tanaka and Network as Instrument Chapter 18 Live Streams: Apo33 and Multiplying Place Fade Out Conclusion: Auditive Pivot Appendix: Peripheries - subnature, phantom memory, and dirty listeningList of Works Cited Index.