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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810281903321

Autore

McCormack Ryan <1979->

Titolo

The sculpted ear : aurality and statuary in the West / / Ryan McCormack

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

9780271087498

978-0-271-08751-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 pages)

Collana

Perspectives on sensory history

Disciplina

731

Soggetti

Sound sculpture

Sound in art

Statues

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Elvis Leaves the Building -- 1. Animation Introduces Animation -- 2. Breathing Voice into Laocoön’s Mouth -- 3. Imperial Possessions -- 4. Hearing a Stone Man -- 5. Aural Skins -- 6. Now You Have to Go, Comrade -- 7. Museums of Resonance -- Conclusion: I Now Present Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Sommario/riassunto

"Examines the relationship between sound and statuary in Western aesthetic thought in light of discourses on aurality emerging within the field of sound studies. Considers the sounding statue as an event and as conceptualized through acts of writing and performance"--