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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464973403321

Autore

Bianchi Frederick

Titolo

Environmental sound artists : in their own words / / Frederick Bianchi, V. J. Manzo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-19-023463-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Disciplina

534

Soggetti

Sounds

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER ; Environmental Sound Artists In Their Own Words; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS ; FOREWORD ; PREFACE ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; Introduction ; Chapter 1:  Sonifications of Global Environmental Data ; Heat and the Heartbeat of the City ; N. ; Chapter 2:   Sewer Pipe Organ ; Chapter 3:  Biophonic Sound Sculptures in Public Spaces ; Chapter 4:  A Philosophical Report from Work-in-Progress ; Means and Mechanisms ; Sound Monitoring ; Non-Linear Chaotic Circuits ; Compression of Time and Space ; Pinion Engraver Beetle ; A Further Metaphor ; Chapter 5:  Listening to the Earth ; Earth Sound

Deep Earth Dome (2006-2008) The Significance of Listening to the Earth ; A Farewell to Wilderness? ; Chapter 6:  The Place Where You Go to Listen : An Ecosystem of Sound and Light; Mapping the Terrain; The Colors of Noise and Tone ; "An Orchestration of Untouched Material" ; Chapter 7:   Meltwater ; January 9, 2009 ; A Sense of Wonder; Antarctica: Music from the Ice; Meltwater ; Chapter 8: Hearing Curved Space ; Hearing Curved Space ; Midsummer Celebration, Kökar, Åland, Finland, Sunday, June 26, 2005 ; Outcome ; Chapter 9:   River Listening ; Chapter 10:   Sun Boxes

Chapter 11:   Bridge Music and Tower Music  Bridge Music; Tower Music; Chapter 12:  Data as Music; Audio Information Design Issues; Chapter 13:  Sonic Landscapes (finding a sense of place with my ears); DAY 0: Sidney International Airport-Arrival in a Non-Place; DAY 1:



Western Riverina-Hearing the Old Birrego School; DAY 2: An open field-Listening to the Song of the tree; Day 4: The Murrumbidgee River-Mapping the mental soundscape.; Day 6: A nearby water hole-In search of the "kinda-blue-bird."; Day 7: The Old Birrego School-The ears warn, the eyes confirm.

Day 9: The Strong's Farm-The ears inform. Day 12: How to save 100,000 on sensors (or how to open a window and listen). ; Epilogue ; Chapter 14:  Sonic Migrations ; Migrations ; Sounding Underground ; Listening and Remembering -Networked Improvisation for Four Commuters ; Networked Migrations : Listening to and Performing the In-Between Space ; Final Reflection; Chapter 15:  Sound Architecture ; Chapter 16:  The Sonic Ecology of Structures ; Chapter 17:  Why Bring Nature into Your Music? ; Chapter 18:   The Dawn Chorus ; Chapter 19:   Bivvy Broadcasts

Chapter 20:  A Philosophy of Eco-acoustics in the Interdisciplinary Project "Fragments of Extinction" Statement and Project Background ; Fragments, One Installation/Performance ; Part I: The Immersive Experience ; Part II: Nature Explained ; Part III: Nature Integrated ; Conclusions and Current Developments ; Coda ; Chapter 21:  Towards Activist Sound ; Chapter 22:  The Listening Experience of Paramnesia ; Paramnesia ; Daytime in Promenade ; Night-time in Repose ; Flashbacks ; Cadence ; Chapter 23:  Musical Heuristics in Six Ecoacoustic Quintets

Sommario/riassunto

Environmental Sound Artists: In Their Own Words is an incisive and imaginative look at the international environmental sound art movement, which emerged in the late 1960's. The book presents a current perspective on the movement through a collection of personal writings by important environmental sound artists.