architecture
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Urban Auscultation: Perceiving the Action of the Heart
New article by Shannon Mattern at Places Journal on urban soundscape and the importance of listening to the city nowadays. “For months, the Covid-19 virus has passed from body to body around the world. Its corporeal work is silent, but…
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On Notre Dame’s Acoustics
When the fire stopped in Notre Dame’s, only the thoughts and words of many remained to argue around many things regarding the various layers you could expect from a situation like this. But what about the acoustics of the place?…
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Chris Watson on the Spirit of Places
Two-part interview with Chris Watson, as part of the release of a new digital instrument by Soniccouture, called Haunted Spaces and based in 128 field recordings of the artist, who got them over the years in different places, which are…
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Experimentations: John Cage in Music, Art, and Architecture Branden Wayne Joseph *Experimentations *provides a detailed historical and theoretical analysis of the first three decades of experimental composer John Cage’s aesthetic production (ca. 1940-1972). Paying particular attention to Cage’s inter- and…
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Sonic Rupture: A Practice-led Approach to Urban Soundscape Design Jordan Lacey Sonic Rupture applies a practitioner-led approach to urban soundscape design, which foregrounds the importance of creative encounters in global cities. This presents an alternative to those urban soundscape design…
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Music, Sound and Space: Transformations of Public and Private Experience Georgina Born Music, Sound, and Space is the first collection to integrate research from musicology and sound studies on music and sound as they mediate everyday life. Music and sound…