Sound stream. Sound, art, and metaphysics
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In recent decades, we have observed a shift in modern culture from 'music to sound', as the term 'music' no longer corresponds to the rapid development of new artistic genres and cultural settings. As a result of this shift, on one hand, there has been a rapid development of sound art, and on the other hand, the flourishing of Sound Studies in the humanities. The task of Christoph Cox's book is to explain the 'sonic turn' in art and culture, as well as to show how sound invades the territory of philosophy and renews it. In addressing this task, the author challenges the mainstream concepts of modern cultural theory based on discourse and language analysis, and argues for the necessity of a new materialistic aesthetics not only of sound but of art in general. The central concept of the book becomes the sound stream - an anonymous materialistic force that precedes and surpasses human subjective experience. In an attempt to construct a realistic and naturalistic model for describing sound, Cox turns to the ideas of Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gilles Deleuze, and Manuel DeLanda, illustrating them with the works of La Monte Young, Alvin Lucier, Christian Marclay, Marianne Amacher, Annea Lockwood, and many others. As a result, we are presented not only with one of the most fundamental and profound studies of the ontology of sound but also with a fascinating history of the understudied sound art of the last fifty years.
2nd edition.
2nd edition.
Author:
Author:Cox Christopher
Cover:
Cover:cover with flaps
Category:
- Category:Computer & Technology
- Category:Science & Math
Dimensions:
Dimensions:22x15x2 cm
Series:
Series:Sound History
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-4448-2167-1
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