From the mid-20th century to present, the Brazilian art, literature,
and music scene have been witness to a wealth of creative approaches involving
sound. This is the backdrop for Making It Heard: A History of Brazilian Sound Art, a volume that offers an
overview of local artists working with performance, experimental vinyl
production, sound installation, sculpture, mail art, field recording, and
sound mapping. It criticizes universal approaches to art and music
historiography that fail to recognize local idiosyncrasies, and creates a
local rationale and discourse. Through this approach, Chaves and Iazzetta
enable students, researchers, and artists to discover and acknowledge work
produced outside of a standard Anglo-European framework.
Edited by:
Dr. Rui Chaves,
Prof. Fernando Iazzetta (Universidade de São Paulo,
Brazil)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 399g
ISBN: 9781501383205
ISBN 10: 1501383205
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 17 June 2021
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
"List of Figures Foreword: The Clash between Body and Artwork (Ricardo Basbaum, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil) Acknowledgements Introduction (Rui Chaves and Fernando Iazzetta, University of São Paulo, Brazil) Part One: Abre-Alas 1. Sounds from Elsewhere: Episodes for a History of Brazilian Sound Art (Fernando Iazzetta, University of São Paulo, Brazil) 2. Making Oneself Heard in Public, through Art and in Sound-Based Scholarship (Rui Chaves, University of São Paulo, Brazil) Part Two: Bateria 3. Music Is What I Make (Vivian Caccuri, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 4. Radio Art, Cassette Culture, and Networked Artistic Practices: The International Ra(u)dio Art Show (IRAS) in Recife (Yuri Bruscky, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil) Part Three: Barracão 5. Gambiarra’s Perspective (Giuliano Obici, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil) 6. Listening to the Debris: Brazilian Sound Art and the Low-Technology Economy (Andre Damião, University of São Paulo, Brazil) Part Four: Avenida 7. Being in the Field: Process, Narrativity, and Discovery in the Field-Recording Work of Thelmo Cristovam and Alexandre Fenerich (Paulo Dantas, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 8. Other Paths to Sonic Cartographies: ""Mapa Sonoro CWB"" and Its Untethered Soundwalks (Thaís Aragão, Federal University of Ceará, Brazil) Part Five: Batucada 9. Out of the Mainstream: Noise and Otherness in the Work of Marie Carangi, Paula Garcia, and Sofia Caesar (Lílian Campesato, University of São Paulo, Brazil) 10. Counter-Tradition: Toward the Black Vanguard of Contemporary Brazil (GG Albuquerque, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil) 11. Engaged Sonorities: Politics and Gender in the Work of Vanessa De Michelis (Tânia Mello Neiva, Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil) Afterword: The Audibility of Brazilian Sound Art (Ana M. Ochoa Gautier, Columbia University, USA) List of Contributors Index"
Rui Chaves is a sound artist, performer, and researcher. He has presented his work in several institutions and events throughout the United Kingdom, Brazil, France, Canada, Portugal, and Germany. As a researcher, he is interested in developing accounts of contemporary sound artworks produced within the Global South. Fernando Iazzetta is a Brazilian composer, performer, and Professor of Music and Technology at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, as well as the director of NuSom—Research Centre on Sonology. As a researcher he is interested in the investigation of experimental forms of music and sound art.
Reviews for Making It Heard: A History of Brazilian Sound Art
Making it Heard is the result of an astounding collaboration of Brazilian sound artists and researchers that undertook a profound analysis and study of historical and contemporary practices of sound art. This volume conveys new ideas for listening and reveals new aesthetic forms due to the geopolitical and social context of Brazil's rich crossbreeding culture. * Manuel Rocha Iturbide, Composer and Sound Artist, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico * I am very glad that a book like this is finally available! Thanks to Rui Chaves, Fernando Iazzetta, and all others involved, we now have a very comprehensive guide to the Brazilian sound art of this century. Dealing with a dense and assorted body of contemporary works, the essays in this book shed light on paradigmatic works and artists and discuss a significant variety of issues tackled by them. I am sure that, through this book, English-speaking readers will have a great opportunity to be introduced to an indispensable part of Brazil's artistic production. * Rodolfo Caesar, Composer and Writer, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil * Making It Heard is the first book in English that critically interrogates contemporary sound arts in Brazil and, as such, offers a serious window into sound arts practices outside the dominant European and North American canon. These essays, written by a younger generation of Brazilian artists, academics, and critics are a necessary and welcome addition to international sound art practice and scholarship. * Cathy Lane, Professor of Sound Arts, University of the Arts London, UK, and Director of CRiSAP (Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice) *
