This study considers the performativity of sound-producing sculptures made in the twenty-first century through a cultural history of certain works.
A subfield of the sound art medium, sonic sculpture presents new possibilities in sensory engagement with the viewer, creating a mediated experience for eye and ear. Contextualized within three linking nodes of sonic engagement - sonic sculpture as a socially engaged art, listening to history, and the use of the human body as the material of sonic sculpture itself - each chapter interrogates one or two works by a contemporary artist. These in-depth analyses of the works serve as lenses to the artists' larger practices and engagements with things that sound. Artists covered include Nick Cave, Kara Walker, Janet Cardiff, George Bures Miller, and Ragnar Kjartansson.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, sound studies, musicology, and cultural studies.
| ISBN: | 9781032461533 |
| Publication date: | 28th March 2025 |
| Author: | Melissa Christine Warak |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 266 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Research in Art History |
| Genres: |
The arts: general topics Sculpture Performance art Cultural studies Audio processing History of art Theatre studies Music History |
This study considers the performativity of sound-producing sculptures made in the twenty-first century through a cultural history of certain works.
A subfield of the sound art medium, sonic sculpture presents new possibilities in sensory engagement with the viewer, creating a mediated experience for eye and ear. Contextualized within three linking nodes of sonic engagement - sonic sculpture as a socially engaged art, listening to history, and the use of the human body as the material of sonic sculpture itself - each chapter interrogates one or two works by a contemporary artist. These in-depth analyses of the works serve as lenses to the artists' larger practices and engagements with things that sound. Artists covered include Nick Cave, Kara Walker, Janet Cardiff, George Bures Miller, and Ragnar Kjartansson.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, sound studies, musicology, and cultural studies.
Sonic Sculpture and the Performative Impulse features in the following genres: The arts: general topics, Sculpture, Performance art, Cultural studies, Audio processing, History of art, Theatre studies, Music, History
Sonic Sculpture and the Performative Impulse is available in Hardback
Sonic Sculpture and the Performative Impulse was written by Melissa Christine Warak and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Sonic Sculpture and the Performative Impulse has 266 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Research in Art History series
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