Sonic Sculpture and the Performative Impulse

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Melissa Christine Warak (University of Texas, USA)

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English

Routledge
27 March 2025

Sculpture; Performance art; Theatre Studies; Music; Audio processing

Series: Routledge Research in Art History

This study considers the performativity of sound-producing sculptures made in the twenty-first century through a cultural history of certain works.

A subfield of the sound art medium, sonic sculpture presents new possibilities in sensory engagement with the viewer, creating a mediated experience for eye and ear. Contextualized within three linking nodes of sonic engagement – sonic sculpture as a socially engaged art, listening to history, and the use of the human body as the material of sonic sculpture itself – each chapter interrogates one or two works by a contemporary artist. These in-depth analyses of the works serve as lenses to the artists’ larger practices and engagements with things that sound. Artists covered include Nick Cave, Kara Walker, Janet Cardiff, George Bures Miller, and Ragnar Kjartansson.

The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, sound studies, musicology, and cultural studies.

By: Melissa Christine Warak (University of Texas USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 620g
ISBN: 9781032461533
ISBN 10: 1032461535
Series: Routledge Research in Art History
Pages: 234
Publication Date: 27 March 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Melissa Warak is an Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Texas at El Paso, USA.