SOUND ART AS COMMUNICATION

Elena Rubtsova
Associate Prof. Dr., The Ural State University, RUSSIA, rbtsvelena@rambler.ru

Abstract

The maximum degree of distance in modern music principles takes its shapes in the classical bases expressed in the denial of an Aristotelian postulate: the whole there has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Music without a beginning and an end means a refusal of the habitual system of coordinates communicated by music sounds in the classical sense. However, such principles seem to be no longer applicable to musical production nowadays. The still limitless applications of technology to art making, and sound art as a discipline, in particular, generate debate and reactions never seen before because of the ever-growing possibilities of aesthetic production and consumption. This paper explores the sound art as a phenomenon in its direction, expansion, and depth in the field of media opportunities. It is aimed at contending that art communication in artistic sounds has undergone a change. The use of McLuhan and Benjamin's methodology as well as the comparison of XX century and modern composer experiences allow highlighting the areas in which the idea of artwork in sound art have changed communication with the audience. As a result, one of the basic qualities introduced by new technologies has been the creation of a new type of virtual reality resulting in new types of the aesthetic relations. The most important characteristic of these relations is the emergence of a complex, or total sensual immersion, up to the loss of reference points in external reality. The effect of such illusion amplifies the fact that the element of comparison, detection of differences between illusion and reality is minimized. In this way, the critical distance to the place of which emotional reaction takes up is leveled.

Keywords: Sound Art, communication, Aesthetic, Media, Music.


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CITATION: Abstracts & Proceedings of SOCIOINT 2018- 5th International Conference on Education, Social Sciences and Humanities, 2-4 July 2018- Dubai, UAE

ISBN: 978-605-82433-3-0