"Artists surveyed include Marina Abramovic, Vito Acconci, Doug Aitken, Maryanne Amacher, Laurie Anderson, John Cage, Kim Cascone, Martin Creed, Philip Dadson, Paul DeMarinis, Bill Fontana, Kim Gordon, Dan Graham, Joyce Hinterding, Rebecca Horn, Ryoji Ikeda, Mike Kelley, Christina Kubisch, Bernhard Leitner, Alvin Lucier, Len Lye, Christian Marclay, Robert Morris, Max Neuhaus, Carsten Nicolai, Hermann Nitsch, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Luigi Russolo, Karin Sander, Mieko Shiomi, Michael Snow, Yasunao Tone, Bill Viola, Stephen Vitiello." -- back cover. "Writers include Jacques Attali, Germano Celant, Michel Chion, Ralph T. Coe, Christoph Cox, Suzanne Delehanty, Helmut Draxler, William Furlong, Liam Gillick, Paul Hegarty, Chrissie Iles, Branden W. Joseph, Douglas Kahn, Allan Kaprow, Dan Lander, W.J.T. Mitchell, Michael Nyman, Jacques Ranciè€re, Luigi Russolo, R. Murray Schafer, Michel Serres, Antonio Somaini, David Toop, Paul Virilio." -- back cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-231) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Concepts of the sonic -- Noise and silence -- The listener and acoustic space -- Bandwaves -- Artists and sound -- Biographical notes.
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