Background Noise, Second Edition Perspectives on Sound Art

Name: Background Noise, Second Edition Perspectives on Sound Art
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ISBN: 9781628923520

ISBN-10: 1628923520

ISBN-13: 9781628923520

Edition: 2nd 2015

Authors: Brandon. 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.At its center the book presupposes an intrinsic relation between sound and its location, galvanizing acoustics, sound phenomena, and the environmental with the tensions inherent in what LaBelle identifies as sound's relational dynamic. For the author, this is…

Book details

List price: $44.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 3/26/2015
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Size: 5.94" wide x 9.04" long x 1.01" tall
Weight: 1.254
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.