N. B. Aldrich   -   What Is Sound Art?  |  Interviews with ...Jeph Jerman....Annea Lockwood....Chris Mann...Alvin Lucier....Stephen Vitiello  |  "I came to this project with no particular thesis. I wanted to ask a diverse group of artists whose work I find interesting, exciting, challenging and intriguing, and who are considered Sound Artists, about their work"  | 

"Music is the Architecture of Sound"
"It's only really interesting if it's also really rewarding"
"Everyone has expectations - Explore and experiment with them"
"Everything in the world has at some point made sound, or been the cause of sound."
"It's not (just) what you do, it's (also) the way that you do it"
"Technology is a tool, not the message"
"Limitation breeds creativity"
"Context is a key to concept"
"Think Big, pack small"
"Deadlines Rule!"
 

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"Sound Art as nomenclature for the work of a growing body of artists is in common usage. Major presenters and world-wide opinion leaders in the contemporary art world such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art, MassMoca, the Hayward Gallery in London and the ICC in Tokyo routinely present Sound Art."  | 

Over the past century, an art form has emerged that draws from the worlds of visual art and music. Sound art’s roots can be found in the experimental work of Italian Futurism, Dada, and later the Fluxus group and the pioneering efforts of the American composer and artist John Cage. In the wake of this groundbreaking work, sound art began to mature into a movement, and artists explored the interactive possibilities of sound and in turn created entirely new modes of experiencing and engaging with art. In this volume, the complete story of sound art is told by one of the country’s leading critics and scholars. The author traces the history of this form of art–highlighting the convergence of the indie world bands such as Sonic Youth with the art world–looking at the critical cross-pollination that has led to some of the most important and challenging art being produced today, including work by Christian Marclay, LaMonte Young, Janet Cardiff, Rodney Graham, and Laurie Anderson, among many others."

Note: This is partially written for people who are not very familar with sound art and will hopefully spark some interest for further investigation. I consider this an article in progress, so it is by no means finished and will undergo periodic editing. After the article is a short list of links for further research.  Thank you very much for your time."  | 

560 m.p.h. at 30,000 feet by Fugitive_pope
Kaput by Chop Shop
Learning to Bark by Julia Loktev
Scatter of Doubt by Tom Cox (t.a.c.)
A Sunken Lattice by Michael Northam
Vivir II by Luz Maria Sanchez
Marshmallow Boy by David & Tim Cunningham
untitled #94 by Francisco Lopez
Scalar Redoubt by Small Cruel Party (4min 10s)
Bated Breath by Sylvia Wang (2min 20s)
Enhanced X-S Artifact by Illusion Of Safety (3min 54s)
Planes Fly, Babies Cry by Scott Arford & Thomas Dimuzio

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