What is sound?

Peter Nelson

What is sound?

Peter Nelson^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Edinburgh College of Art

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

What is sound? This question is posed in contradiction to the every-day understanding that sound is a phenomenon apart from us, to be heard, made, shaped and organised. Thinking through the history of computer music, and considering the current configuration of digital communications, sound is reconfigured as a type of network. This network is envisaged as non-hierarchical, in keeping with currents of thought that refuse to prioritise the human in the world. The relationship of sound to music proposes ways of thinking about and tapping into the network, in the hope of re-enchanting sound with the grace of art.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 40th International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2014 and 11th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2014 - Music Technology Meets Philosophy
Subtitle of host publication	From Digital Echos to Virtual Ethos
Editors	Georgios Kouroupetroglou, Anastasia Georgaki
Publisher	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Pages	13-19
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9789604661374
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	40th International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2014, Joint with the 11th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2014 - Music Technology Meets Philosophy: From Digital Echos to Virtual Ethos - Athens, Greece Duration: 14 Sept 2014 → 20 Sept 2014

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - 40th International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2014 and 11th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2014 - Music Technology Meets Philosophy: From Digital Echos to Virtual Ethos

Conference

Conference	40th International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2014, Joint with the 11th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2014 - Music Technology Meets Philosophy: From Digital Echos to Virtual Ethos
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Athens
Period	14/09/14 → 20/09/14

Cite this

Nelson, P. (2014). What is sound? In G. Kouroupetroglou, & A. Georgaki (Eds.), Proceedings - 40th International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2014 and 11th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2014 - Music Technology Meets Philosophy: From Digital Echos to Virtual Ethos (pp. 13-19). (Proceedings - 40th International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2014 and 11th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2014 - Music Technology Meets Philosophy: From Digital Echos to Virtual Ethos). National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Nelson, Peter. / What is sound?. Proceedings - 40th International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2014 and 11th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2014 - Music Technology Meets Philosophy: From Digital Echos to Virtual Ethos. editor / Georgios Kouroupetroglou ; Anastasia Georgaki. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2014. pp. 13-19 (Proceedings - 40th International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2014 and 11th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2014 - Music Technology Meets Philosophy: From Digital Echos to Virtual Ethos).

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Nelson, P 2014, What is sound? in G Kouroupetroglou & A Georgaki (eds), Proceedings - 40th International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2014 and 11th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2014 - Music Technology Meets Philosophy: From Digital Echos to Virtual Ethos. Proceedings - 40th International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2014 and 11th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2014 - Music Technology Meets Philosophy: From Digital Echos to Virtual Ethos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, pp. 13-19, 40th International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2014, Joint with the 11th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2014 - Music Technology Meets Philosophy: From Digital Echos to Virtual Ethos, Athens, Greece, 14/09/14.

What is sound? / Nelson, Peter.
Proceedings - 40th International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2014 and 11th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2014 - Music Technology Meets Philosophy: From Digital Echos to Virtual Ethos. ed. / Georgios Kouroupetroglou; Anastasia Georgaki. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2014. p. 13-19 (Proceedings - 40th International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2014 and 11th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2014 - Music Technology Meets Philosophy: From Digital Echos to Virtual Ethos).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution