Background noise : perspectives on sound art /: perspectives on sound art. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Brandon LaBelle.
• Authors: LaBelle, Brandon
• Contents: Preface to the Second Edition -- Introduction: Auditory Relations -- Fade In -- Part 1: 4'33": Sound and Points of Origin: Introduction to Part 1 ; Chapter 1. Sociality of Sound: John Cage and Musical Concepts ; Chapter 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 Intensities: Introduction 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 Voice ; Chapter 9. Word of Mouth: Christof Migone's Little Manias -- Part 4: Public Supply: Buildings, Constructions, and Locational Listening: Introduction to Part 4 ; Chapter 10. Tuning Space:Max Neuhaus and Site-Specific Sound ; Chapter 11. Other Architectures: Michael Brewster, Maryanne Amacher, and Bernhard Leitner ; Chapter 12. Composing Intensities: Iannis Xenakis's Multimedia Architectures -- Part 5: Soundmarks: Environments and Aural Geography: Introduction 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 listening ; Bibliography ; Index.
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 709.04/07; Theory of music & musicology; Sound in art; Sound installations (Art); Arts, Modern -- 20th century; Arts, Modern -- 21st century; ART / History / General; Arts, Modern; Sound in art; Sound installations (Art); Ljudkonst; Performance; Konst -- 1945-; Music -- History & Criticism; Music -- Genres & Styles -- General; Music: styles & genres; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781628923537; 1628923539; 9781628923544; 1628923547
• Related ISBNs: 9781628923520; 1628923520
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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