Organised Sound: An International Journal of Music and Technology, 14(1): Sound Art (2009)
Filed under journal | Tags: · field recording, music, music theory, sonification, sound, sound art, technology
“Thanks to a variety of contributors, this issue of Organised Sound usefully articulates several definitions of sound art, principally the German Klangkunst vs the US art gallery assumption, the former focusing on the sculptural dimension and site specific, architecture related installations, while the latter deals with more aesthetic and psychological aspects.” (from a Continuo review)
With contributions by Alan Licht, Andreas Engström and Åsa Stjerna, Christoph Cox, Lílian Campesato, Joanna Demers, Dani Iosafat, Claudia Tittel, Julio d’Escriván, Gascia Ouzounian, Owen Chapman, Virginia Madsen, Georg Klein, and a reviews section.
Guest editor Jøran Rudi
Editor Leigh Landy
Publisher Cambridge University Press, April 2009
ISSN 1355-7718
115 pages
Friedrich Kittler, Ana Ofak (eds.): Medien vor den Medien (2007) [German]
Filed under book | Tags: · architecture, cultural techniques, image, literature, media, media theory, mediality, music, music history, philosophy, sound, time
“Das Dazwischen (to metaxy) macht das Sehen und Hören, die Erkenntnis und die Liebe erst möglich – das überliefern uns Texte der Antike. Die Medien prägen so unser Wissen und verstören unsere Sinne seit jeher. In der deutschen Medienwissenschaft ist es fast zur Selbstverständlichkeit geworden, nur heutige oder doch neuzeitliche Medien zu erforschen. Nun geht aber schon der Begriff “Medium” auf die griechische Antike zurück. Eben diesem Sachverhalt sucht der Band Medien vor den Medien gerecht zu werden. Vom Feuertelegraphen zur Ontologie, vom Marienglas zur sakralen Lichtarchitektur und immer wieder vom Ton zum Bild. Da die Medien der Antike zunächst zur Sprache kommen, wird es möglich, Brücken zu anderen Wissenschaftskulturen und in jene Neuzeit zu schlagen, die unseren kurrenten Begriff physikalischer und technischer Medien prägt. Das Buch richtet sich an Philosophen, Kunst-, Kultur- und Medienwissenschaftler.”
Publisher Fink, Munich, 2007
Kulturtechnik series
ISBN 3770542843, 9783770542840
282 pages
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Cultural techniques at Monoskop wiki
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Comment (0)John Zorn (ed.): Arcana V: Musicians on Music, Magic & Mysticism (2010)
Filed under book | Tags: · magic, music, mysticism, occultism, sound
“For centuries musicians have tapped into mysticism, magic and alchemy, embracing ritual, spell, incantation and prayer, and experimenting with esoteric approaches to harmony, pitch and vibration. In recent decades, avant-garde musicians have rediscovered these overlaps, as occultism has reinvented itself–through Buddhist and other Asian influences, Thelema and Chaos Magic–to accommodate cultural strains from psychedelica through Punk and Industrial music. This special edition of John Zorn’s much acclaimed Arcana series focuses on the magical aspects of the act of making music. Neither historical overview nor musicological study, it illuminates the sympathies between music and the esoteric tradition with the help of today’s finest experimental musicians and occultists. Among these are William Breeze, Gavin Bryars, Alvin Curran, Fred Frith, Sharon Gannon, Larkin Grimm, William Kiesel, Yusef Lateef, Frank London, Meredith Monk, Mark Nauseef, Pauline Oliveros, Genesis P-Orridge, Terry Riley, David Toop, Greg Wall, Peter Lamborn Wilson and Z’ev.”
Publisher Hips Road/Tzadik, 2010
ISBN 0978833791, 9780978833794
459 pages
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Review: Geeta Dayal (Rhizome, 2010).
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