Sonic Flux: Sound, Art, and Metaphysics

by Christoph Cox

Book Overview

From Edison's invention of the phonograph through contemporary field recording and sound installation, artists have become attracted to those domains against which music has always defined itself: noise, silence, and environmental sound. Christoph Cox argues that these developments in the sonic arts are not only aesthetically but also philosophically significant, revealing sound to be a continuous material flow to which human expressions contribute...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022654317X
• ISBN13: 9780226543178
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"