Documents of contemporary art: Sound

Introduction//Sound in Art

Caleb Kelly

Aiding this neglect is the view that sound is difficult to represent : one cannot look at sound in a book...
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Thinking about perception as discussed in invisibilia- our peripheral vision. As we travel our focus is on the destination.  We don't focus in any one element but we experience a multitude of sensual encounters : visual and sound in particular,  situated in relation to the body. 

As bull and back have noted, 'the experience of everyday life is increasingly mediated by a multitude of mechanically reproduced sounds...in parallel to this, cities are noisier than they ever were in the past.' Given this increased awareness,  how are we to re-listen to the sound world around us, and how do we situate our bodies and our everyday through these discourses?
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