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Earth Sound, Earth Signal : Energies and Earth Magnitude in the Arts

Earth Sound Earth Signal is a study of energies in aesthetics and the arts, from the birth of modern communications in the nineteenth century to the global transmissions of the present day. Grounded in the Aeolian sphere music that Henry David Thoreau heard blowing in telegraph lines and in the Aele...

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Autor Principal: Kahn, Douglas (Author)
Formato: Online Resource Libro
Idioma:English
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press , 2013
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Acceso en liña:http://kunst.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/jstor-ebooks-art/www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt46n4hg
Títulos relacionados:Erscheint auch als: Earth sound earth signal
Print version: Earth Sound Earth Signal : Energies and Earth Magnitude in the Arts
E-Book Packages:JSTOR E-Books in Art, Design and Photography
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Summary:Earth Sound Earth Signal is a study of energies in aesthetics and the arts, from the birth of modern communications in the nineteenth century to the global transmissions of the present day. Grounded in the Aeolian sphere music that Henry David Thoreau heard blowing in telegraph lines and in the Aelectrosonic sounds of natural radio that Thomas Watson heard in telephone lines, the book moves through the histories of science, media, music, and the arts to the 1960s, when the composer Alvin Lucier worked with the ""natural electromagnetic sounds"" present from ""brainwaves to outer
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Thomas Watson: Natural Radio, Natural Theology; 2. Microphonic Imagination; 3. The Aeolian and Henry David Thoreau's Sphere Music; 4. The Aelectrosonic and Energetic Environments; 5. Inductive Radio and Whistling Currents; 6. Alvin Lucier: Brainwaves; 7. Edmond Dewan and Cybernetic Hi-Fi; 8. Alvin Lucier: Whistlers; 9. From Brainwaves to Outer Space: John Cage and Karl Jansky; 10. For More New Signals; 11. Sound of the Underground: Earthquakes, Nuclear Weaponry, and Music
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Thomas Watson: Natural Radio, Natural Theology; 2. Microphonic Imagination; 3. The Aeolian and Henry David Thoreau's Sphere Music; 4. The Aelectrosonic and Energetic Environments; 5. Inductive Radio and Whistling Currents; 6. Alvin Lucier: Brainwaves; 7. Edmond Dewan and Cybernetic Hi-Fi; 8. Alvin Lucier: Whistlers; 9. From Brainwaves to Outer Space: John Cage and Karl Jansky; 10. For More New Signals; 11. Sound of the Underground: Earthquakes, Nuclear Weaponry, and Music
descrición da copia:Includes bibliographical references and index
Descrición Física:1 Online-Ressource (344 pages)
ISBN:9780520257801
0520956834
0520257553
0520257804
9780520257559
9780520956834