Sounding new media : immersion and embodiment in the arts and culture

Title:

ISBN:

9780520944848

9780520258983

9780520258990

9781282359963

9786612359965

Personal Author:

Dyson, Frances.

Publication Information New:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 246 p.)

Contents:

Ethereal transmissions : the "tele" of phōnē -- Celestial telegraphies -- Aural objects, recording devices, and the proximate apparatus -- Death, silence, and the tape recorder -- Immersion -- Embodying technology : from sound effect to body effect -- Atmospheres.

Abstract:

"Examines the long-neglected role of sound and audio in the development of a new media theory and practice, including new technologies and performance art events, with particular emphasis on embodiment, art, and technological interactions ... focusing on technologies that became available in the mid-twentieth century--electronics, imaging, and digital and computer processing.

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Subject Term:

Virtual reality -- Philosophy.

Sounds.

Réalité virtuelle -- Philosophie.

Bruits naturels.

ART -- Performance.

ART -- Reference.

SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies.

MUSIC -- General.