| Light as Air [With CDROM] Contributor(s): Hess, Felix Yangphel (Author), Schulz, Bernd (Editor), Julius, Rolf (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 3933257654 ISBN-13: 9783933257659 Publisher: Kehrer Verlag OUR PRICE: $36.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2003 Annotation: "I am not investigating in the objective world; I am investigating sensitivity." In this quotation, sound artist Felix Hess reveals a lot about his works of art: In his fragile-looking objects and installations, he constructs detectors to register sound waves, which we cannot perceive because they lie outside our range of hearing. Hess opens up a whole new world of unheard sounds and thus extends our encountering of reality. Includes an Audio CD. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - Contemporary (1945- ) - Art | Individual Artists - General |
| LCCN: 2002438101 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.64" W x 9.46" (1.27 lbs) 127 pages |
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| Publisher Description: "I am not investigating in the objective world; I am investigating sensitivity." In this quotation, sound artist Felix Hess reveals a lot about his works of art: In his fragile-looking objects and installations, he constructs detectors to register sound waves, which we cannot perceive because they lie outside our range of hearing. Hess opens up a whole new world of unheard sounds and thus extends our encountering of reality. Includes an Audio CD. |
