Noise, Water, Meat: A History of Sound in the Arts (edit title)

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Didn’t Like It Rated 2 stars “This book has been an incredibly useful 'catch up' for me, and it unapologetically dredges up interesting examples of sound art from a lot earlier then you would ever imagine - setting the stage for some interesting ideas concerning the role of art education and museums in supressing challenging...” see full review » see other reviews »

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  “It's now available as an ebook on the MIT press portal http://mitpress-ebooks.mit.edu/product/noise-water-meat”

  ipublishcentral * wrote this review Wednesday, October 21 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 2 stars

  “This book has been an incredibly useful 'catch up' for me, and it unapologetically dredges up interesting examples of sound art from a lot earlier then you would ever imagine - setting the stage for some interesting ideas concerning the role of art education and museums in supressing challenging forms of art that do not neatly fall into a definite catagory.
  
  Its academic style gets tedious and clearly this book was pushed to it's publish date because as you get into the last two sections typos and other terrible editing snafus abound, but if like myself you need to eased into academia-speak when it comes to contemporary art this book is helpful.
  
  See through the editorial sloppiness and you could even consider it interesting as the author has done his homework when it comes to working with original sources. The bibliography contains a panoply of modernist writings and artworks that I have not encountered in my past education and helped to fill in the blanks as to how contemporary art arrived at its present form. ”

  Karen Joan wrote this review Thursday, December 27 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No