TY - JOUR
TI - Soniczne maszynerie: Window Katharine Norman i Earjobs Johannesa Kreidlera
AU - Lniak, Agnieszka
TI - Soniczne maszynerie: Window Katharine Norman i Earjobs Johannesa Kreidlera
AB - The context of this article is the term sonosphere, which, according to Tomasz Misiak, is one of the three sonic spheres and one that relates directly to the achievements of the musical avant-garde. The article opens with a polemic against the claim that the sonosphere refers exclusively to avant-garde and experimental music (i.e. music that has been institutionalized) but admits that art can conceptually problematise the sonosphere. The author therefore undertakes an interpretation of two works that are themselves reinterpretations of John Cage's concept of silence. The former is Katharine Norman's “Window” piece from the digital literature genre, which uses interface interaction and various sensory stimuli (sound, image, text) to rethink the sonosphere of the home and the relationship between the private and public sonosphere. The latter is Johannes Kreidler's “Earjobs”, in which the composer combines the act of listening to experimental music (such as John Cage’s 4’33”) with hired labor. In doing so, he stimulates a discussion on the meaning of the avant-garde, the act of listening, and the status of the listening subject in the capitalist system, especially when we talk about silence.
VL - 2024
IS - Issue 1 (59)
PY - 2024
SN - 1895-975X
C1 - 2084-3860
SP - 230
EP - 245
DO - 10.4467/20843860PK.24.014.20080
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przeglad-kulturoznawczy/article/soniczne-maszynerie-window-katharine-norman-i-earjobs-johannesa-kreidlera
KW - sonosphere
KW - avant-garde
KW - sound studies
KW - sound
KW - listening