Audiovisuology Essays 2: Histories and Theories of Audiovisual Media and Art :: Softback :: 452 pages :: illustrated :: But it online : Cornerhouse Books ::

This is the third publication in the See This Sound project which comprises stimulating essays on the current and historical position of sound and image in art and media, and their interconnection.
The point of departure for the prominent authors was the fact that our realm of experience is today shaped by an omnipresence of audio-visual products and structures, in which the cultural image and sound production are tightly entwined with one another in terms of technology, art and market strategy.

The project See this Sound explores the current diversity and long history of these syntheses and contradictions, this linking, overlapping and sometimes also irreconcilability through the perspectives of contemporary art and art and media science.

Transcript of VARIATIONS #2, The Globe :: by Jon Leidecker :: Summary:

If music initially hesitated to follow the lead of the visual arts in the field of collage, it made up for lost time in the sixties. Breakthroughs in high fidelity sound, an influx of consumer level tape recorders, and the continued influence of television building the notion of the Global Village were among the factors that led to an explosion in collage based composition. The most obvious of the shared qualities in these pieces was a tendency towards the use of World music, culled from as many disparate locations as possible. If the new availability of ethnological recordings from around the world had shattered the notion that music was a universal language, musical collage can be seen as an instant response to the rest of the world as it became unignorable – a way to explore things held in common and the potential for hybrid identities.

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Henry Keazor, Thorsten Wübbena (eds.) :: Rewind, Play, Fast Forward The Past, Present and Future of the Music Video :: 2010, 280 Seiten, kart., zahlr. Abb., 29,80 € , ISBN: 978-3-8376-1185-4 :: More info at: http://www.transcript-verlag.de/ts1185/ts1185s.php

Due to shifts in the contexts of the production and presentation of the music video, more and more people start to talk about a possible end of this genre. At the same time disciplines such as visual-, film- and media-studies, art- and music-history begin to realize that despite the fact that the music video obviously has come of age, they still lack a well defined and matching methodical approach for analyzing and discussing videoclips.

For the first time this volume brings together different disciplines as well as journalists, museum curators and gallery owners in order to take a discussion of the past and present of the music video as an opportunity to reflect upon suited methodological approaches to this genre and to allow a glimpse into its future. Continue reading

Cellular automata in generative electronic music and sonic art: a historical and technical review :: Authors: Dave Burraston, Ernest Edmondsa ::

This paper will review electronic music and sonic art applications of Cellular automata (CA) in a historical and technical context. Algorithmic and computational processes have been of interest to artists for many years, creating an emerging culture of generative electronic art. Creating patterns and sequences is necessary for the creative artist working spatially and temporally within a chosen medium. CA are capable of a wide variety of emergent behaviours and represent an important generative tool for the artist.

The sonic artist and musician must be prepared to investigate the theoretical background of CA in order to successfully employ their vast behaviour space within compositional strategy. Continue reading

Call for submissions –Organised Sound: An International Journal of Music and Technology , Volume 17, Number 1 :: Issue’s thematic title: Networked Electroacoustic Music :: Submission Deadline: June 15, 2011 :: Date of Publication: April 2012 :: Publishers: Cambridge University Press :: Issue co-ordinators: Ian Whalley (musik@waikato.ac.nz), Ken Fields (kfields@ucalgary.ca)

Organised Sound has regularly covered networked music in the past, including a themed issue (vol. 10/3, 2005). The proliferation of Internet2 has resulted in a sustained practice of sonic and multimedia experimentation over high-speed research networks. This current themed issue aims to explore and document current work, practices and innovation in this new musical space. Are there new issues in aesthetics to be addressed in electroacoustic music as mediated by networks? Continue reading

ISSTC Calls: The first annual Irish Sound, Science and Technology Convocation :: to be held August 10-12, 2011 :: at the University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland :: All materials must be received by 18 March, 2011 :: Four calls: Call for Musical Works | Call for Sound Art/Installations | Call for Papers & Posters | Call for Workshops

Call for Musical Works:
The Irish Sound, Science and Technology Association (ISSTA) announces a Call for Musical Works for its first annual Convocation. This category is reserved for compositions or performances intended for a concert hall paradigm. The musical work must include science or technology in some way. The composer and/or performers must be Irish or based in Ireland. Examples of acceptable submissions include but are not limited to: Circuit Bending, Computer Music, DJ/Scratch Music, Electroacoustic Composition – fixed-medium or real-time, Laptop Performance, Mixed Composition for electronics and performers, Noise Music. Continue reading

The Ethics of Sharing :: Call for Papers for Vol. 15 - July 2011 :: Deadline for extended abstracts: January 31, 2011 :: Notification of acceptance to authors: February 8, 2011 :: Deadline for full articles: April 30, 2011 :: Publication: July, 2011 ::

Sharing has emerged as one of the core cultural and ethical values native to the networked environment. It is built both into the technical protocols that make up the Internet, and holds together distributed, mediated communities and organizations (even if they try to limit sharing to members inside the organizations). Continue reading

Call for Articles: New uses of music in media :: TRANS 16 (2012): Transcultural Music Review :: Special Issue: New uses of music in media ::
Deadline for submitting originals: October 15, 2011.

Transcultural Music Review 16 (2012) will publish a special dossier on the new forms of music in audiovisual media. The dossier will be prepared in collaboration with the research group ‘Musica y medios audiovisuale’ from the Society for Ethnomusicology-SIBE/IASPM-Spain and will be edited by Teresa Fraile, Eduardo Vi’uela, and Maria Edurne Zuazu.

For this dossier, we are particularly interested in the role of music in the emergence of new genres (such as mash-ups, lip-dubs, etc.) and in the transformation of the discursive strategies of the traditional media (film, TV programs, music videos, video games, etc.). Continue reading

Leonardo Electronic Almanac has inherited a large archive of papers, articles and information. This material was held in the archive as historical documentation and as part of the revamp of LEA we have decided to revisit this history and compare it with contemporary developments.

LEA rekindled 1 is the first historical comparative issue of the Leonardo Electronic Almanac on the history and contemporary developments at the intersection of art, science and technology. For this first issue of LEA rekindled, our editorial intention is to re-open a dialogue with those who participated and contributed towards building the history of contemporary art interactions with science and technology as well as with the new generations of artists, critical commentators, scientists and technology experts. You can find out more information on: http://ow.ly/3pA9D Continue reading

Music IS Rapid Transportation …from the Beatles to Xenakis :: Available November 30, 2010 ::
Editor and Concept: Daniel Kernohan :: by Lawrence Joseph, Dan Lander, Donal McGraith, Bill Smith, Alan Stanbridge, Scott Thomson & Vern Weber :: photos by Gordon Bowbrick, Herb Greenslade & Bill Smith :: Publisher: Charivari Press ::

A truly alternative look at music lists, not one that merely includes the obvious but shows the connections of popular music to the avant garde, the obscure, the experimental, the quirky, and the adventurous. Herein you will find a list of 500 artists from the familiar to the unknown. A list and a guide to musical pleasure sometimes close at hand and sometimes far afield. The book includes biographical essays of the eight contributors describing their musical journeys of discovery and the joy they derived from that exploration. Continue reading