Background Noise follows the development of sound as an artistic medium and illustrates how sound is put to use within modes of composition, installation, and p
The rise of a prominent auditory culture, reveals the degree to which sound art is lending definition to the 21st Century. And yet sound art still lacks related
The revised edition of Acoustic Territories: Sound Culture and Everyday Life offers an expansive reading of auditory life. It provides a careful consideration o
"Background Noise follows the development of sound as an artistic medium and illustrates how sound is put to use within modes of composition, installation, and
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