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Listening to Noise and Silence: Towards a Philosophy of Sound Art
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Listening to Noise and Silence engages with the emerging practice of sound art and the concurrent development of a discourse and theory of sound. In this original and challenging work, Salomé Voegelin immerses the reader in concepts of listening to sound artwork and the everyday acoustic environment, establishing an aesthetics and philosophy of sound and promoting the noti
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Paperback, 256 pages
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by Continuum International Publishing Group
(first published January 1st 2010)
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The sections describing and critiquing the existing works were engaging and informative. The other writings where the author attempts to set up and encapsulate the sections are far reaching, lacked focus and repetitive.
Also, this book is yet another unfortunate victim of whatever happened to cause Continuum Publishing to stop using proofreaders.
Also, this book is yet another unfortunate victim of whatever happened to cause Continuum Publishing to stop using proofreaders.
inspiring and beautifully thought through. not unproblematic in places, but very very recommended.
excellent phenomenological account of noise and silence
silence is just as good a sound
noise is music rejected by snobs
noise is music rejected by snobs
Provocative and helpful, but flawed. Worth a quick read. Has good insights and quotable gems, but also flat-out errors, both in grammar and logic.
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