writings
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Sound (Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art) Caleb Kelly The “sonic turn” in recent art reflects a wider cultural awareness that sight no longer dominates our perception or understanding of contemporary reality. The background buzz of myriad mechanically reproduced sounds increasingly…
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Aesthetics and the Art of Audio Field Recording
Nice article by Steven M. Miller at Trebuchet. When approaching audio field recording (often referred to as ‘phonography’) as a sound art practice, inevitable questions of aesthetics surface. The common attitude often expressed or implied runs something along the lines…