Sonic Warfare
Sound, Affect, and the Ecology of Fear
Steve Goodman

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Author(s)

Steve Goodman

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. ; London : The MIT Press, 2010

Scope

270 Pages, illustrated, 23 cm.

ISBN

9780262013475

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Sound can be deployed to produce discomfort, express a threat, or create an ambience of fear or dread - to produce a bad vibe. Sonic weapons of this sort include the recent deployment of Long Range Acoustic Devices at the G20 Summit in Pittsburg, sonic booms or sound bombs over the Gaza Strip, and high-frequency rat repellants used against teenagers in malls. At the same time, artists and musicians generate intense frequencies in the search for new aesthetic experinces an d new ways of mobilizing bodies in rhythm. Steve Goodman explores these uses of acoustic force and how they affect populations.

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Keywords

art in public space , architecture , installation , fear , sound art , war , hearing

Location

Cabinet 11 - 1: Geluid ; kunst

Remarks

Incl. bibliographical references and Index.