Half Sound, Half Philosophy: Aesthetics, Politics, and History of China's Sound Art

ISBN-13: 9781501374777 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 232 str.

Jing Wang

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Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Introduction 1. Sound, Resonance, the Philosophy of Qi Ancient Chinese Acoustics The Philosophy of Qi Sound Explained Through Qi-Philosophy Conclusion 2. A Brief History of Sound in China’s Contemporary Art Conditions and Precursors New Media Art After 2000 Sound Art after 2000 3. A Brief History of Electronic and Experimental Music in China The Electronic Instrument Builders Academic Electronic Music: Inauguration Non-Academic Electronic and Experimental Music Conclusion 4. Shanshui-Thought in Experimental Music Practice Shanshui-Thought: An Overview Shanshui: The Existential and the Epistemological Making Shanshui-Thought Audible: Two Aesthetic Qualities Conclusion 5. In Praise of Strange Sounds of the Shamanistic The Minor Tradition in Ancient Chinese Culture: Shamanism and Chimei Wangliang Acoustic Cultural Heritage and Nationalism Huanghu and Its Two Aesthetic Operations of Resonance and Withdrawal Conclusion 6. Ubiquitous Control: From Cosmic Bell, Loudspeakers to Immanent Humming Zhang Peili and Anti-monumentality of Sound Zhang Ding and the Military-entertainment-art Complex Liu Chuang and the (Im)Possibility of Not Being Governed Conclusion: Qi-Thinking, or Cybernetics: A way of Going On Glossary of Terms Bibliography Index