French critic and composer Michel Chion argues that watching movies is more than just a visual exercise--it enacts a process of audio-viewing. The audiovisual makes use of a wealth of tropes, devices, techniques, and effects that convert multiple sensations into image and sound, therefore rendering, instead of reproducing, the world through cinema. The first half of Film, A ...(展开全部)

A classic returns. The original edition of Amos Vogel's seminal book, Film as a Subversive Art was first published in 1974, and has been out of print since 1987. According to Vogel--founder of Cinema 16, North America's legendary film society--the book details the "accelerating worldwide trend toward a more liberated cinema, in which subjects and forms hitherto considered unthi...(展开全部)

Over the past century, an art form has emerged that draws from the worlds of visual art and music. Sound art’s roots can be found in the experimental work of Italian Futurism, Dada, and later the Fluxus group and the pioneering efforts of the American composer and artist John Cage. In the wake of this groundbreaking work, sound art began to mature into a movement, and artists e...(展开全部)

Over the past century, an art form has emerged that draws from the worlds of visual art and music. Sound art’s roots can be found in the experimental work of Italian Futurism, Dada, and later the Fluxus group and the pioneering efforts of the American composer and artist John Cage. In the wake of this groundbreaking work, sound art began to mature into a movement, and artists e...(展开全部)

This is a fascinating overview of the history of sound art. The rise of a prominent auditory culture, as seen in the recent plethora of art exhibitions on sound art, in conjunction with academic programs dedicated to "aural culture", sonic art, and auditory issues now emerging, reveals the degree to which sound art is lending definition to the 21st century. And yet, sound art s...(展开全部)

This is a fresh, bold study of the emerging field of Sound Art, informed by the ideas of Adorno, Merleau Ponty and others. "Listening to Noise and Silence" engages with the emerging practice of sound art and the concurrent development of a discourse and theory of sound. In this original and challenging work, Salome Voegelin immerses the reader in concepts of listening to sound ...(展开全部)

此书探索了声音艺术的世界，包括研究其历史与发展过程，通过考查知名艺术家的作品和言论以及时下广泛以“声音艺术”为主题的实践活动，来探知当前这些充满多样性的艺术流派的状态。书中也讨论了对科技的运用以及它们对艺术创作的冲击。另外，声音艺术与声音设计基础 还涉及到了在声音记录、表演、装置和展览方面一些激进的新方法，并且探访了声音艺术家和声音设计师们的世界。

此书探索了声音艺术的世界，包括研究其历史与发展过程，通过考查知名艺术家的作品和言论以及时下广泛以“声音艺术”为主题的实践活动，来探知当前这些充满多样性的艺术流派的状态。书中也讨论了对科技的运用以及它们对艺术创作的冲击。另外，声音艺术与声音设计基础 还涉及到了在声音记录、表演、装置和展览方面一些激进的新方法，并且探访了声音艺术家和声音设计师们的世界。

From the late 1990s until today, China's sound practice has been developing in an increasingly globalized socio-political-aesthetic milieu, receiving attentions and investments from the art world, music industry and cultural institutes, with nevertheless, its unique acoustic philosophy remaining silent. This book traces the history of sound practice from contemporary Chinese vi...(展开全部)

From the late 1990s until today, China's sound practice has been developing in an increasingly globalized socio-political-aesthetic milieu, receiving attentions and investments from the art world, music industry and cultural institutes, with nevertheless, its unique acoustic philosophy remaining silent. This book traces the history of sound practice from contemporary Chinese vi...(展开全部)