| Descript |
295 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-279) and indexes |
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"A literary mix tape that explores the entwined boundaries between sound, material culture, landscape and esoteric belief. Trees rigged up to the wireless radio heavens. A fax machine used to decode the language of hurricanes. A broadcast ghost that hijacked a television station to terrorize a city. A failed computer factory in the desert with a slap-back echo resounding into ruin. In High Static, Dead Lines, media historian and artist Kristen Gallerneaux weaves a literary mix tape that explores the entwined boundaries between sound, material culture, landscape, and esoteric belief. Essays and ficto-critical interludes are arranged to evoke a network of ley lines for the "sonic spectre" to travel through--a hypothetical presence that manifests itself as an invisible layer of noise alongside the conventional histories of technological artifacts. The objects and stories within span from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, touching upon military, communications, and cultural history. A connective thread is the recurring presence of sound--audible, self-generative, and remembered--charting the contentious sonic histories of paranormal culture."--Distributor's website |
| Subject |
Ljud
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Materiell kultur
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Material culture.
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Sound.
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| Classmark |
818.607
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| Alt Auth |
Tompkins, Dave
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| ISBN/ISSN |
9781907222665 paperback |
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1907222669 paperback |
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