Thinking
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ISSTA 2017 — Sound-makers: Technologies, practices and cultures, Open Call
The Irish Sound, Science and Technology Association (ISSTA) has opened a call for papers and works for the upcoming 2017 edition of their annual event, which will take place at Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland, between 7th-8th, 2017, under the…
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New Books: Between Air and Electricity, Ludic Dreaming, Beyond Unwanted Sound, Musical Encounters With Deleuze and Guattari
Bloomsbury has announced four upcoming books on sound related topics. Below are links to ebook versions, although all of them are also available in paperback and hardcover. Click on each title for more info. Between Air and Electricity — Microphones and…
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Silentium – Exploring spirituality in electroacoustic music
This text describes the processes of composing Silentium, an electroacoustic piece conceived during a residency in Prague in December 2015 [1]. The piece interrogates the notion of spirituality in electroacoustic music by utilizing sounds of religious origin and ponders on…
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Christoph Cox on The History of Sound Art, Full Lecture
Here’s an interesting lecture philosopher Christoph Cox gave recently (January 18) in connection with a sound intervention by Andrea Hornick in the Collection Gallery of Barnes Foundation.
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‘Sounds emergent: diverse ecologies’, New Issue of Soundscape: The Journal Of Acoustic Ecology
It’s great to know about a new issue of the classic Soundscape journal of acoustic ecology, published under the topic of ‘Sounds emergent: diverse ecologies’, in a renewed website that went online recently. It can be downloaded at World Forum…
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New Books: Beyond Vision, Theorizing Sound Writing, Quiet Ecology, Age of Noise in Britain
Here are four interesting new books on sound you might be interested to explore, in this case mostly covering discussions on sound studies and sonic philosophy. Some of them are already published, others are available for pre-order. The new titles include…