Background Noise Perspectives on Sound Art

Name: Background Noise Perspectives on Sound Art
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ISBN: 9780826418456

ISBN-10: 0826418457

ISBN-13: 9780826418456

Edition: 2006

Authors: Brandon LaBelle, Labelle

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Background Noise follows the development of sound as an artistic medium and illustrates how sound is put to use within modes of composition, installation, and performance. While chronological in its structure, Brandon LaBelle's book is informed by spatial thinking, weaving architecture, environments, and the specifics of location into the work of sound, with the aim of formulating an expansive history and understanding of sound art.

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 4/19/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Brandon LaBelle is an artist and writer working with sound culture, voice, and situated identity. His previous books, Background Noise: Perspectives on Sound Art (2006) and Acoustic Territories: Sound Culture and Everyday Life (2010) are also published by Bloomsbury. He is the editor of Errant Bodies Press and Professor at the Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Norway.



Acknowledgements


Introduction: Auditory Relations


Fade In



4'33": Sound and Points of Origin


Introduction to Part 1



Sociality of Sound: John Cage and Musical Concepts



Exposing the Sound Object: Musique Concrete's Sonic Research



Automatic Music: Group Ongaku's Performative Labors



Box with the Sound of Its Own Making: From Gags to Sculptural Form


Introduction to Part 2



Rhythms of Chaos: Happenings, Environments, and Fluxus



Minimalist Treatments: La Monte Young and Robert Morris



Conceptualizations: Michael Asher and the Subject of Space



I Am Sitting in a Room: Vocal Intensities


Introduction to Part 3



Performing Desire/ Performing Fear: Vito Acconci and the Power Plays of Voice



Finding Oneself: Alvin Lucier and the Phenomenal Voice



Word of Mouth: Christof Migone's Little Manias



Public Supply: Buildings, Constructions, and Locational Listening


Introduction to Part 4



Tuning Space: Max Neuhaus and Site-Specific Sound



Other Architectures: Michael Brewster, Maryanne Amacher, and Bernhard Leitner



Composing Intensities: Iannis Xenakis's Multimedia Architectures



Soundmarks: Environments and Aural Geography


Introduction to Part 5



Seeking Ursound: Hildegard Westerkamp, Steve Peters, and the Soundscape



Language Games: Yasunao Tone and the Mechanics of Information



Complicating Place: Bill Fontana and Networking the Soundscape



Global Strings: Interpersonal and Network Space


Introduction to Part 6



Interactions: Achim Wollscheid's Production of the Local



Global Events: Atau Tanaka and Network as Instrument



Live Streams: Apo33 and Multiplying Place


Fade Out


Conclusion: Auditive Pivot


List of Works Cited


Index