Nov 06, 2007 sound art is a narrow look at the intersection of visual art and noise. Alan licht the first edition of sound art revisited published as sound art. In his book, sound art, artist alan licht details how these musical concepts have grown to become an interdisciplinary medium during the same period. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Locating sound art s roots across the centuries from spatialized church music to the technological developments of radio, sound recording, and the telephone, the book traces the. Licht has collaborated on film and video performances with charles atlas and andrew lampert. Get tickets and support rhizome dc by becoming a member. Its quite different from the rather deluxe original hardcover book. This is disappointing to me as i want to learn more about artists who creatively use found sounds, clips of voice, clips of music. Over the past century, an art form has emerged that draws from the worlds of visual art and music.
Dec 11, 2019 the first edition of sound art revisited published as sound art. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A musician and author, alan licht has lectured widely on sound art and served on faculty in the music sound department at the bard college milton avery graduate school of the arts. From seminal figures such as maryanne amacher, max neuhaus, and alvin lucier through to contemporary artists including christine sun kim, marco fusinato, and camille norment, this book is essential reading for those looking to discover the breadth of practices encompassed by the sonic turn of the arts. A musician and author, alan licht has lectured widely on sound art and served on faculty in the musicsound department at the bard college milton avery graduate school of the arts. Alan licht has lectured widely on sound art and served on faculty in the musicsound department at the bard college milton avery graduate school of the arts, usa.
Alan licht charles curtis xareni lizarraga space time. Alan licht has 319 posts on their instagram profile. The book begins with an extensive overview by volume editor peter weibel that considers the history of sound as media art, examining work by visual artists, composers, musicians, and architects alike. Since 1990, guitarist and author alan licht has spanned the worlds of indie rock, experimental music, and sound installation, appearing on over 100 recordings and touring the world in the process. Viewed through a lens of music and art histories rather than philosophical theory, it covers dozens of. He is the editor of will oldham on bonnie prince billy 2012. Following the talk, alan will be performing new compositions for solo electric guitar. Pretty good book covering a lot of sound art and sound in the arts that is hard to find information on in other places. Overwrought, overwritten, and overanalyzed, musician and author licht s sound art. With the content composed solely of respected new york city musician lichts sound art.
Origins, development and ambiguities volume 14 issue 1 alan licht. Art or sound examines the rich overlap and areas of ambiguity between musical instruments and works of art. Sound art took its cue from cages injunction to listen to all sounds, natural and manmade, and. Alan lichts book is brimming with examples that traverse art, music, and the spaces in between. Sludgy, abrasive, and punishing, noise is everything its name promises, expanding on the musics capacity for sonic assault while almost entirely rejecting the role of melody and songcraft. The subtitle after all is beyond music between categories. Will oldham on bonnie prince billy features a series of interviews that covers every aspect of oldhams career. Sound art revisited, an updated edition of the previous sound art book, will be published by bloomsbury later in 2019. Sound arts relationships to the 60s art movement earthworks, ambient music.
Alan licht in this volume, author alan licht lays bear the origins of sound art, offering the reader the most thorough understanding of the field to date, and explores the genres most important. These conversations with longtime friend and associate alan licht probe his highly individualistic approach to. Beyond music, between categories served as a groundbreaking work toward defining this emerging field, and this fully updated volume significantly expands the story to include current research since the books initial release. Sound art revisited will be published on 22 august, followed by an autumn book launch in new york city. Beyond music, between categories, 2007 probing interviews with oldham, the book sometimes slides into the kind of selfassessing navelgazing usually reserved for the analysts couch. Licht has lectured widely on sound art and served as faculty in the musicsound department at the bard college milton avery graduate school of the arts. Like many genres of contemporary art, sound art may be interdisciplinary in nature, or be used in hybrid forms.
Alan lichts minimal top ten the next ten minimalism top. From a student when we found allan, we found a teacher that knew how to take our daughters talent to. Sound art at mica presents a conversion about sound art with musician and author alan licht. He is a self taught guitarist, and the melodies at the core of dannys songwriting bring to mind. Sound art by alan licht, 9780847829699, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Danny paul grody danny paul grody is a solo musician and founding member of san franciscobased bands tarentel and the drift. A founding member of the sonic arts union, lucier has had a long career of doing music dealing with acoustic phenomena his piece i am sitting in a room, which breaks down a tape of his speaking. I will be having a discussion about my sound art revisited book with my old friend mike bernstein, of religious knivesdouble leopards fame, at rhizome dc, a very cool venue just outside of washington dc in takoma, md. Sound art revisited demonstrates in abundance that sound canand mustbe heard throughout all of the arts. Will oldham on bonnie prince billy book release talk 2620 brooklyn nyc. Marc masters speaks to the books editor, musician and writer alan licht, about.
He is a contributing music editor at bomb magazine and writes frequently for. Alan licht has lectured widely on sound art and served on faculty in the music sound department at the bard college milton avery graduate school of the arts, usa. As christian marclay put it in alan lichts book sound art, i think it is in sounds nature to be free and uncontrollable and to go through the cracks and go to places where it isnt supposed to. Sound art is a narrow look at the intersection of visual art and noise. Beyond music, between categories served as a groundbreaking work toward defining this emerging field, and this fully updated volume significantly expands the story to include current research since the book s initial release. Beyond music, between categories served as a groundbreaking work toward defining this emerging field, and this fully updated volume. Licht has lectured widely on sound art and served as faculty in the music sound department at the bard college milton avery graduate school of the arts. Sep 17, 2012 alan licht is a musician and author of the book sound art. Indiefolk cult hero will oldhams oral dissertation on his enigmatic folkrocker alter ego, bonnie prince billy. Will oldham on bonnie prince billy book release talk 26. Alan lichts recording career stretches back to 1990, when he appeared on two seveninch eps by the group love child. If you are looking for a book on pure sound art, beware that licht spends a lot of time discussing experimental music and music by visual artists. Sound arts 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. Allan licht is a top vocal and piano coach in the cleveland area.
The crispellert art museum is open to the public from 10 a. I will be having a discussion about my sound art revisited book with my old friend mike bernstein, of religious knivesdouble leopards fame, at rhizome dc, a. Sound art revisited by alan licht friday, october 11 at 7. Beyond music between categories by alan licht the light in you mercury rev s 10th fulllength and first in seven yearspicks up where 2008s snowflake midnight left off, with stalwart founders jonathan donahue and grasshopper drawing inspiration from nature and the rubiks cube of love. Subsequent essays examine sound experiments in antiquity, sonification of art and science, and internetbased sound art. The following bibliography is made to be an online reader on sound art as well. Viewed through a lens of music and art histories rather than philosophical theory, it covers dozens of artists and works not found in any other book on the subject. A founding member of the sonic arts union, lucier has had a long career of doing music dealing with acoustic phenomena his piece i am sitting in a room, which breaks down a tape of his speaking voice into pure room resonances, is a classic. He is not only responsible for important album reissues, but was a member of the cult classic nyc bands love child and run on. Apr 14, 2008 alvin lucier music on a long thin wire 1980. Overwrought, overwritten, and overanalyzed, musician and author lichts sound art.
Guitarist and author alan licht plugs back in concert. Alan licht is a musician and author of the book sound art. Sound art sets itself up as authoritative but it is limited to thoughts about installation pieces, about conjured electrical mechanical inventions, about sound reflecting physical space, about the marriage of audio with photos or paint or rope or wood. Alan licht and danny paul grody center for new music. A number of included publications is already available online thanks to the publishers, fans, researchers or authors themselves, however we are still missing many of the early writings, the out of print and hard to find catalogues, journals and monographs. Alan licht born june 6, 1968 is an american guitarist and composer, whose work combines elements of pop, noise, free jazz and minimalism. However, this book reads a lot like a laundry list, or a whos who of sound art, and licht doesnt go to much length to investigate the i think that licht goes to great lengths to include a lot here, and he does name a lot of movements and people that are seminal in the world of sound art and experimental music. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading sound art revisited. Beyond music, between categories alan licht, jim orourke on. Beyond music, between categories with cd audio alan licht on. The first edition of sound art revisited published as sound art.
A frequent contributor to artforum and other publications, licht is also the author of sound art. Will oldham on bonnie prince billy by will oldham, alan. Sound art revisited, by alan licht, published by bloomsbury in 2019, is the second edition of an important resource for those considering the definition and history of the emerging field of sound art. Looking at examples spanning the seventeenth century to the present, this gorgeously produced book, with its thick vinyl cover, offers a fascinating reinterpretation of the musical instrument and the ways in which it can become a sculpturalvisual entity and vice versa. Over the past century, an art form has emerged that draws from the worlds. Alan licht is an american composer, guitarist, music writer, and a widely respected figure on the experimental music scene. Sound art is an artistic discipline in which sound is utilised as a primary medium. Sep 21, 2012 will oldham on bonnie prince billy features a series of interviews that covers every aspect of oldhams career.
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