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 embedded within sound's tendency to become public expressed in its ability to travel distances, foster cultural expression, and define spaces while being radically flexible.' - from back cover.
Includes a bibliography and an index.
Onsite
English
sound art,  art theory,  space
2006
314
9780826418456
1
monograph
Part I: 4'33': Sound and Points of Origin
Sociality of Sound: John Cage and Musical Concepts
Exposing the Sound Object: Musique Concrete's Sonic Research
Automatic Music: Group Ongaku's Performative Labors
Part II: Box with the Sound of its Own Making: From Gags to Scultural Form
Rhythms of Chaos: Happenins, Environments, and Fluxus
Minimalist Treatments: La Monte Young and Robert Morris
Conceptualizations: Michael Asher and the Subject of Space
Part III: I am Sitting in a Room: Vocal Intensities
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
Part IV: Public Supply: Buildings, Construction, and Locational Listening
Turning Space: Max Neuhas and Site-Specific Sound
Other Architectures: Michael Brewster, Maryanne Amacher, and Bernhard Leitner
Composing Intensities: Iannis Xenakis's Multimedia Architectures
Part V: Soundtracks: Environments and Aural Geography
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
Part VI: Global Strings: Interpersonal and Network Space
Interactions: Achim Wollscheid's Production of the Local
Global Events: Atau Tanaka and Network as Instrument
Live Streams: Apo33 and Multiplying Place
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