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Maryanne Amacher: Selected Writings and Interviews
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About Maryanne Amacher: Selected Writings And Interviews
Product Description Now in paperback, the first ever book on American composer and sound-art pioneer Maryanne Amacher, with letters, manifestos, notes and more elucidating her eclectic thinking on sound and perception Maryanne Amacher (1938–2009) was a composer of large-scale fixed-duration sound installations and a highly original thinker in the areas of perception, sound spatialization and aural architecture. She is frequently cited as a pioneer of what has come to be called “sound art,” although her thought and work challenges assumptions about the limitations of that genre.Now in paperback, Maryanne Amacher: Selected Writings and Interviews represents the first ever book-length collection devoted to the composer, whose life and work are as vast as they are as yet unknown. From personal notes and letters to program notes, manifestos and unrealized project proposals, the documents are framed by longer interviews with Amacher that discuss corresponding periods of her life. Because Amacher worked across nearly every imaginable media format, this book will be of tremendous interest to theorists and practitioners in media and communications, urban design, contemporary art history, music studies, sound studies, film, radio, art criticism and performance studies. About the Author Maryanne Amacher (1938-2009) est une compositrice américaine et une artiste d'installation. Penseuse très originale dans les domaines de la perception, de la spatialisation du son, de l'intelligence créative et de l'architecture sonore, elle est largement considérée comme pionnière de ce que l'on appelle aujourd'hui l'« art sonore », bien que sa pensée et sa pratique remettent constamment en question les principales hypothèses sur les capacités et les limites du genre. Souvent considérée comme faisant partie d'une lignée post-cagienne, son travail anticipe certains des développements les plus importants de la culture en réseau, des arts médiatiques, de l'écologie acoustique et des études sonores.
