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Publisher Note

Sound is ephemeral. It does not belong to anyone. It cannot be captured in words. Writing on sound art usually focuses on the same familiar figures, but this treatment will broaden the field to explore artistic practitioners like the godfather of movie sound, Walter Murch, the king of the jungle Chris Watson, naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt, pioneer wildlife recordist Ludwig Karl Koch, American pioneer composer and master teacher James Fulkerson, uncompromising composer Eliane Radigue, visionary sound sculptor Edgard Varèse, offbeat composer Luc Ferrari, true maverick Maryanne Amacher, and sonic terrorist MSBR aka Koji Tano and others.

Sounding Things Out explains what it is like to work as a composer with sound and installation art. Following sound as a subject matter through the cracks where it isn’t supposed to go, and by exploring the spaces between sounds, Esther Venrooy breaks away from traditional writing about sound. She explores this subject in balancing of her experienced practice as composer working with sound and installation art, with critical reflection.

Artists’ Book

Sounding Things Out. A Journey through Music and Sound Art

by Esther Venrooij

Publisher
Release Place Eindhoven, Netherlands
Edition 1st edition
Release Date December 2020
Credits
Artist: Esther Venrooij
Identifiers
ISBN-13: 978-94-93148-27-7
Work  
Topics Composition, Sound Art
Language English
Format Softcover
Dimensions 11.0 × 15.0 cm
Pages 144

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