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Title

Reverberations : the philosophy, aesthetics and politics of noise / edited by Michael Goddard, Benjamin Halligan and Paul Hegarty.

Publication

London : Continuum International Publishing Group, 2012.

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Additional Authors

• Goddard, Michael, 1965-
• Halligan, Benjamin.
• Hegarty, Paul, 1967-

Description

xiii, 287 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

Noise permeates our highly mediated and globalised cultures. Noise as art, music, cultural or digital practice is a way of intervening so that it can be harnessed for an aesthetic expression not caught within mainstream styles or distribution. This wide-ranging book examines the concept and practices of noise, treating noise not merely as a sonic phenomenon but as an essential component of all communication and information systems. The book opens with ideas of what noise is, and then works through ideas of how noise works in contemporary media, to conclude by showing potentials within noise for a continuing cultural renovation through experimentation. Considered in this way, noise is seen as an essential yet excluded element of contemporary culture that demands a rigorous engagement. Reverberations brings together a range of perspectives, case studies, critiques and suggestions as to how noise can mobilize thought and cultural activity through a heightening of critical creativity. Written by a strong, international line-up of scholars and artists, Reverberations looks to energize this field of study and initiate debates for years to come.

Subjects

• Sound (Philosophy)
• Aesthetics
• Noise (Philosophy)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-284) and index.

Contents

pt. 1. The philosophy and aesthetics of noise. 1. A chronic condition : noise and time / Paul Hegarty ; 2. Amusia, noise and the drive : towards a theory of the audio unconscious / Scott Wilson ; 3. Floating the social : an electronic art of noise / Brian Massumi ; 4. The noise paradigm / Cecile Malaspina ; 5. Mongrel vibrations : H.P. Lovecraft's Weird Ecology of Noise / Dean Lockwood ; 6. The matter of numbers : sound technologies and the experience of noise according to analogue and digital models / José Cláudio Siqueira Castanheira -- pt. 2. Audiovisual noise practices. 7. 'As if from the sky' : divine and secular dramaturgies of noise / Benjamin Halligan ; 8. Physical spectatorship : noise and rape in Irreversible / Laura Wilson ; 9. Cinematic tinnitus / Robert Walker ; 10. Sshhh / Daniel Cookney ; 11. Thunder and lightning : noise, aesthetics and audio-visual avant-garde practice / Rob Gawthrop ; 12. Sound manifesto : Lee Ranaldo's notes for Robert Smithson / Felicity J. Colman -- pt. 3. Noise, ethics and politics. 13. Anti-self : experience-less noise / GegenSichKollectiv ; 14. Music for cyborgs : the affect and ethics of noise music / Marie Thompson ; 15. What is noise? An inquiry into its formal properties / Saeed Hydaralli ; 16. Considering sound : reflecting on the language, meaning and entailments of noise / Khadijah White ; 17. Exploding the atmosphere : realizing the revolutionary potential of 'the last street song' / Bruce Russell.

Call Number

*LE 18-1204

ISBN

• 9781441196057
• 1441196056
• 9781441160652
• 1441160655

LCCN

2011294517

OCLC

757481221

Title

Reverberations : the philosophy, aesthetics and politics of noise / edited by Michael Goddard, Benjamin Halligan and Paul Hegarty.

Imprint

London : Continuum International Publishing Group, 2012.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-284) and index.

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Added Author

Goddard, Michael, 1965-

Halligan, Benjamin.

Hegarty, Paul, 1967-

Research Call Number

*LE 18-1204