Art or Sound Contributor(s): Celant, Germano (Introduction by), Applin, Jo (Text by (Art, Photo Books)), Chessa, Luciano (Text by (Art, Photo Books)) |
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ISBN: 8887029563 ISBN-13: 9788887029567 Publisher: Fondazione Prada OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Art | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Group Shows - Art | Performance - Art | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) |
Dewey: 709.040 |
LCCN: 2014426036 |
Physical Information: 1.7" H x 8.3" W x 11.1" (4.93 lbs) 520 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Art or Sound examines the rich overlap and areas of ambiguity between musical instruments and works of 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 sculptural-visual entity (and vice versa). It opens with instruments made from precious materials in the seventeenth century, eighteenth-century musical automata by Pierre Jaquet-Droz and various customized instruments from the Victorian and early modern eras. Research in the field of synesthesia is presented along with works from the historical avant-gardes, such as Luigi Russolo's celebrated Intonarumori (1913). Also included are scores by John Cage, works by Robert Morris and Nam June Paik, sound installations such as Robert Rauschenberg's Oracle (1962-65) and Laurie Anderson's Handphone Table (1978). Examples of artistic appropriations of musical instruments (by the likes of Arman, Richard Artschwager and Joseph Beuys) and hybrid instruments by Ken Butler and William T. Wiley are considered alongside the more recent research of artists such as Christian Marclay, Janet Cardiff, Martin Creed and Doug Aitken, and a younger generation, represented by Anri Sala, Athanasios Argianas, Haroon Mirza, Ruth Ewan and Maywa Denki, among others. Esteemed writers, musicians and scholars such as Christoph Cox, Douglas Kahn, Alan Licht, David Toop and Rob Young contribute contextualizing essays. |