sound
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The Archive and the Aural City
The Archive and the Aural City: Sound, Knowledge, and the Politics of Listening, book by Alejandro L. Madrid at Duke University Press “In The Archive and the Aural City, Alejandro L. Madrid examines the possibilities for retrieving from the archive sounds…
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Literature as Sound Studies
New book at Bloomsbury edited by yasser elhariry and Liesl Yamaguchi. “Literature as Sound Studies identifies literature as a site of sonic invention and reconfiguration, contributing a range of terms, models, and methods for attending to sound. Considering literary works drawn…
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The Gender of Sound
Silver Press keeps expanding its sonic gem catalog. After Quantum Listening and Bodies of Sound, they published The Gender of Sound, by Anne Carson. Human history is filled with unacceptable sounds: high-pitched voices, gossip, talkativeness, hysteria, wailing and ritual shouts.…
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Bodies of Sound: Becoming a Feminist Ear
Bodies of Sound greatly contribute to sound studies with 220 pages in which dozens of feminist voices speak, encounter, resonate, and radically listen. Edited by Irene Revell and Sarah Shin and to be published November 12th this year by Silver…
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Norient City Sounds: Bogotá
Norient has released a new “City Sounds” special, this time dedicated to Bogotá, Colombia. Curated by writer and cultural manager Luisa Fernanda Uribe and developed by a wide collective effort, the wonderful special goes into Bogotá’s layers, spirits, diversity, all…
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Chromaplane: An Electromagnetic Musical Instrument
I was fortunate to experience a Passepartout Duo live and it’s so beautiful to hear and look at. An electro-acoustic performance in which, along with their custom synths, they interact with a mysterious plate that is manipulated electromagnetically to create…