Sound Art: Concepts and Practices

✍ Scribed by Thom Holmes, Stephan Moore

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 139
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Sound Art offers the first comprehensive introduction to sound art written for undergraduate students.

Bridging and blending aspects of the visual and sonic arts, modern sound art first emerged in the early twentieth century, and has grown into a thriving and varied field. In fourteen thematic chapters, this book enables students to clearly grasp both the concepts behind this unique area of art, and its history and practice. Each chapter begins with an exploration of key ideas and theories, followed by in-depth discussion of selected relevant works, both classic and current.

Drawing on a broad, diverse range of examples, and firmly interdisciplinary, this book will be essential reading for anyone studying or teaching the theory, history, appreciation, or practice of sound art.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Figures and Table
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Launching a Study of Sound Art
The Use of Sound in Art
Music and Sound Art
Five Questions to Ask About Sound Art
A Brief History of Sound Art Examples
Notes
2 How Sound Works: With Stephan Moore
Sound Is Vibration
Acoustics: The Behavior of Sound Waves
Aural Perception
Conclusion
3 Sounds and Nature
The Elements
In Practice
Soundwalks
Sounds of Nature, Indoors and Outside
Conclusion
Notes
4 Voice and Language
The Elements
In Practice
Text-Sound Composition
Recorded Voice
Voice—Recorded But Not Electronically Modified
Voice—Modified in Some Way
Voice—A Transformative, Time-Based Process
Conclusion
Notes
5 Sounds of the Body
The Elements
In Practice
Sounding the Body
Body Listening
Conclusion
Notes
6 Captured Sound
The Elements
Characteristics of Captured Sound in Art
In Practice
Capture and Playback
Amplification
Repetition
Modification
Geography of Space
Sampled Sounds
Conclusion
Notes
7 Transmitted Sound in Communication
The Elements
In Practice
Radio
An Acoustical Landscape
The Telephone in Sound Art
The Internet in Sound Art
Conclusion
Notes
8 The Sounding Object
The Elements
Acoustic Objects
Assisted Objects
Transduced Objects
In Practice
Acoustic Objects
Assisted Objects
Transduced Objects
Conclusion
Notes
9 Acoustic Spaces
The Elements
In Practice
Indoor Spaces
Outdoor Spaces
Conclusion
Notes
10 Sonification
The Elements
In Practice
Biological
Physical
Conclusion
Notes
11 Noise and Sound Art
The Elements
In Practice
Naturally Produced Noise
Artificially Produced Noise
Conclusion
Notes
12 Conservation and Documentation of Sound Art
The Conservation of Sound Art
Preservation Guidelines
Preservation Strategies
Reinstalling Works at a Later Time
Documenting Sound Art
Conventional Documentation
Virtual Documentation
Conclusion
Notes
13 Making Sound Art Accessible
Notes
Index