A Philosophy of Ambient Sound: Materiality, Technology, Art and the Sonic Environment - Couverture souple

Schmidt, Ulrik

 
9789819917570: A Philosophy of Ambient Sound: Materiality, Technology, Art and the Sonic Environment
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ISBN 10 : 9819917573 ISBN 13 : 9789819917570
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2024

Synopsis

This book presents the first book-length study of ambient sound as a key issue in sound studies and sonic philosophy. Taking a broad, media-philosophical approach, it explores ambient sound as a basic dimension of the sonic environment, sonic technologies, sonic arts and the material staging of listening.

Through analyses of key concepts such as surroundability, mediatization, immanence, synthetization and continuous variation, the book elucidates how ambient aspects of sound influence our conceptions of what sound is and how it affects us by exposing sound’s relation to basic categories such as space, time, environment, medium and materiality. It also illuminates how the strategic production of ambient sound constitutes a leading aesthetic paradigm that has been a decisive factor in the shaping of the modern sonic environment – from key developments in experimental and popular music, sound art and cinematic sound design to the architectural-technological construction of listening spaces in concert halls and theaters and in current streaming infrastructures, digital surround sound and the everyday aesthetics of headphone listening.


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À propos de l?auteur

Ulrik Schmidt is Associate Professor in media and communication at Roskilde University, Denmark. Working in the intersection between sound studies, media philosophy, contemporary art and audiovisual aesthetics, he explores the material, technological and environmental conditions for communication, art and the production of subjectivity in modern and contemporary culture.

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Éditeur
Palgrave Macmillan
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9819917573
ISBN 13 
9789819917570
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
308
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ISBN 10 :  9819917549 ISBN 13 :  9789819917549
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