Aesthetic Noise

<p><i>Aesthetic Noise: The Philosophy of Intentional Listening</i> considers the complex nature of noise within the framework of philosophical filtering examining how if noise is engaged with aesthetically it can produce profound experiences and understandings.</p><p>Applying the philosophies of Edmund Burke Martin Heidegger Jacque Derrida and Julia Kristeva to works by Luigi Russolo John Cage Steve Reich Alison Knowles Annea Lockwood Alyce Santoro and Sunn O))) this book explores noise as an art material and ultimately how it can become a tool for activism and expanded creative possibilities. It demonstrates that by engaging multiple philosophies in concert the value of aesthetic noise is amplified thus allowing the listener to better appreciate noise and its possibilities.</p><p>Providing greater insights into noise as an aesthetic material <i>Aesthetic Noise</i> will be of interest to researchers and students of sound studies philosophy and sound art as well as sound designers artists musicians and composers.</p>