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A Sound Art Bookshelf

Since Edgard Varèse defined music as “organized sound” in the first half of the twentieth century--paving the way for musique concrète and the experiments of John Cage--it has been possible to approach acoustic phenomena as one would any tangible material, that is, to arrange or distort sound without considerations of melody, harmony or the classical composition. The term “sound art” arose in the U.S. in the 1980s, to describe the work of a number of artists who had made purely sound-based art alongside other kinds of practices, and has since occupied an ambiguous interzone between the “cultures” of art and music. The artists/musicians below pursue a primarily sound-derived or sound-oriented art; some of them, such as Christian Marclay and Brandon LaBelle, are among the first generation of artists to work exclusively in this fertile ground.

TITLE ALPHABETICAL INDEX

9 EVENINGS RECONSIDERED

Edited by Catherine Morris. Essays by Clarisse Bardiot and Michelle Kuo. Texts by Lucy Lippard and Brian O'Doherty. Introduction by Jane Farver.

MIT LIST VISUAL ARTS CENTER

ISBN: 9780938437697
USD $25.00 | CAN $30

Pub Date: 8/15/2006
Out of print | Not available

A BRIEF HISTORY OF NEW MUSIC

Edited by Lionel Bovier.

JRP|RINGIER

ISBN: 9783037641903
USD $29.95 | CAN $39.95

Pub Date: 3/31/2014
Active | In stock

ALMOST NOTHING WITH LUC FERRARI

Text by Jacqueline Caux, Luc Ferrari. Interview by Jacqueline Caux, François Delalande, Daniel Terrugi, Evelyne Gayou. Translated by Jérôme Hansen.

ERRANT BODIES PRESS

ISBN: 9780982743911
USD $22.00 | CAN $30.5

Pub Date: 3/31/2013
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

ART OR SOUND

FONDAZIONE PRADA

ISBN: 9788887029567
USD $95.00 | CAN $127.5

Pub Date: 9/30/2014
Active | In stock

BLACK LIGHT/WHITE NOISE: LIGHT AND SOUND IN CONTEMPORARY ART

Foreword by Marti Mayo. Text by Greg Tate, Romi Crawford, Valerie Cassel Oliver.

CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM, HOUSTON

ISBN: 9781933619040
USD $19.95 | CAN $27.95 UK £ 17.5

Pub Date: 8/1/2007
Active | Out of stock

BOOSTER

Edited by Marta Herford. Text by Jessica E. Edwards, Friederike Fast, Steve Goodman, Toby Heys, Roland Nachtigäller, Nik Nowak.

KERBER

ISBN: 9783866789418
USD $49.95 | CAN $67.5

Pub Date: 9/30/2014
Active | In stock

CARSTEN NICOLAI: STATIC FADES

Edited by Dorothea Strauss. Text by Christoph Doswald, Klaus Ottmann, Britta Schröder, Dorothea Strauss.

JRP|RINGIER

ISBN: 9783905770636
USD $49.00 | CAN $60

Pub Date: 3/1/2008
Out of print | Not available

CHLOE: CHASSER CROISER

DIS VOIR

ISBN: 9782914563642
USD $40.00 | CAN $54 UK £ 30

Pub Date: 10/31/2011
Active | In stock

CHRISTIAN MARCLAY: FIRE & WATER

DIS VOIR

ISBN: 9782914563734
USD $40.00 | CAN $54 UK £ 30

Pub Date: 6/30/2014
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CHRISTIAN MARCLAY: SHUFFLE

Text by Christian Marclay.

APERTURE

ISBN: 9781597110389
USD $29.95 | CAN $35

Pub Date: 6/1/2007
No longer our product | Not Available

CHRISTIAN MARCLAY: SOUND STORIES

SNAP INC.

ISBN: 9781942884620
USD $35.00 | CAN $49 UK £ 30

Pub Date: 1/28/2020
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CHRISTOF MIGONE: SOUND VOICE PERFORM

Edited by Brandon LaBelle. Essay by Allen Weiss.

ERRANT BODIES PRESS

ISBN: 9780965557078
USD $18.00 | CAN $25.5

Pub Date: 1/2/2005
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

COMPOSITION IN RETROSPECT

By John Cage.

EXACT CHANGE

ISBN: 9781878972118
USD $15.95 | CAN $22.5 UK £ 13.99

Pub Date: 10/1/2008
Active | In stock

DAVID SHRIGLEY: GOAT MUSIC

DESTE FOUNDATION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART

ISBN: 9786185039332
USD $29.95 | CAN $45

Pub Date: 5/21/2019
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EMEKA OGBOH: LAGOS SOUNDSCAPES

Edited with text by Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi. Text by Emeka Ogboh, Karen Milbourne.

KERBER

ISBN: 9783735605306
USD $45.00 | CAN $62

Pub Date: 6/18/2019
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ENSEMBLE

Edited by Christian Marclay. Introduction by Claudia Gould. Sound mix by Aaron Igler.

INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

ISBN: 9780884541127
USD $20.00 | CAN $27.95 UK £ 17.5

Pub Date: 4/1/2008
Active | In stock

FIGURES IN AIR

By Micah Silver.

INVENTORY PRESS

ISBN: 9781941753019
USD $20.00 | CAN $34.95 UK £ 17.5

Pub Date: 4/23/2019
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FLUXUS SCORES AND INSTRUCTIONS

Edited by Jon Hendricks, Marianne Bech, Media Farzin.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, DENMARK

ISBN: 9788790690212
USD $75.00 | CAN $90

Pub Date: 6/30/2009
Out of print | Not available

HIDDEN ALLIANCES

Edited with text by Elisabeth Schimana.

HATJE CANTZ

ISBN: 9783775746649
USD $45.00 | CAN $63

Pub Date: 3/3/2020
Active | In stock

HITO STEYERL: THE CITY OF BROKEN WINDOWS

SKIRA

ISBN: 9788857240299
USD $50.00 | CAN $69.95

Pub Date: 10/8/2019
Active | In stock

INSIDE LE CORBUSIER'S PHILIPS PAVILION

Text by Peter Wever.

NAI010 PUBLISHERS

ISBN: 9789462082076
USD $55.00 | CAN $72.5

Pub Date: 8/25/2015
Active | Out of stock

JANET CARDIFF & GEORGE BURES MILLER: PANDEMONIUM

Edited by Julie Courtney. Essay by Richard Torchia. Foreword by Sara Jane Elk. Afterword by Sean Kelley.

EASTERN STATE PENITENTIARY HISTORIC SITE

ISBN: 9780964922129
USD $25.00 | CAN $30

Pub Date: 8/15/2006
Out of print | Not available

JOHN DUNCAN

ERRANT BODIES PRESS

ISBN: 9780977259427
USD $20.00 | CAN $27.95

Pub Date: 8/15/2006
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

LORIS GRéAUD: CROSSFADING

Edited by Frank Smith, Philippe Langlois.

DIS VOIR

ISBN: 9782914563758
USD $40.00 | CAN $54 UK £ 30

Pub Date: 1/27/2015
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MATTHEW RITCHIE: THE MORNING LINE

MODERNE KUNST NüRNBERG

ISBN: 9783869842424
USD $80.00 | CAN $107.5

Pub Date: 4/30/2012
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MAX NEUHAUS: THE COLLECTION

Artwork by Max Neuhaus. Text by Pier Luigi Tazzi.

CHARTA

ISBN: 9788881581146
USD $16.95 | CAN $20

Pub Date: 7/2/1997
No longer our product | Not available

RADIO MEMORY

Edited by Brandon LaBelle. Text by Carmen Cebreros Urzaiz, Bastien Gallet.

ERRANT BODIES PRESS

ISBN: 9780977259465
USD $22.00 | CAN $30.5

Pub Date: 10/1/2008
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RADIO TERRITORIES

ERRANT BODIES PRESS

ISBN: 9780977259410
USD $25.00 | CAN $34.5

Pub Date: 11/15/2006
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

ROBIN MINARD: WORKS 1984–2019

Edited with text by Annegret Laabs. Text by Barbara Barthelmes, Robin Minard, Helga de la Motte-Haber.

VERLAG FüR MODERNE KUNST

ISBN: 9783903269903
USD $35.00 | CAN $49

Pub Date: 9/15/2020
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ROOM TONE

Text by Robin Wilson, Brandon LaBelle. Interview by Elena Biserna.

ERRANT BODIES PRESS

ISBN: 9780982743959
USD $20.00 | CAN $27.95

Pub Date: 12/29/2015
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RYOJI IKEDA: DATAMATICS

Text by Kazunao Abe, Maria Belen Saez de Ibarra, Benjamin Weil.

CHARTA

ISBN: 9788881588343
USD $47.50 | CAN $55

Pub Date: 8/31/2012
Out of print | Not available

RYOJI IKEDA: DATAPHONICS

DIS VOIR

ISBN: 9782914563512
USD $40.00 | CAN $54 UK £ 30

Pub Date: 5/31/2010
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SAâDANE AFIF: TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Text by Ina Blom, Daniel Baumann.

WITTE DE WITH PUBLISHERS

ISBN: 9789073362840
USD $25.00 | CAN $34.5

Pub Date: 10/31/2009
Active | In stock

SEE THIS SOUND

Edited by Cosima Rainer, Stella Rollig, Dieter Daniels, Manuela Ammer.

WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN

ISBN: 9783865606839
USD $49.95 | CAN $60

Pub Date: 2/28/2010
Out of print | Not available

SOCIAL MUSIC

Edited by Brandon LaBelle. Essays by Achim Wollscheid, Minoru Sato, Giuseppe Ielasi and Michel Henritzi. Foreword by Barbara Schroeder.

ERRANT BODIES PRESS

ISBN: 9780965557054
USD $15.00 | CAN $21.5

Pub Date: 10/2/2002
Active | Out of stock

SOUND AND THE VISUAL ARTS

By Jean-Yves Bosseur.

DIS VOIR

ISBN: 9782906571266
USD $29.95 | CAN $39.95 UK £ 21.95

Pub Date: 2/2/1993
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SOUND IN Z: EXPERIMENTS IN SOUND AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC IN EARLY 20TH-CENTURY RUSSIA

Edited by David Rogerson, Matt Price. Foreword by Jeremy Deller. Text by Andrei Smirnov.

WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN

ISBN: 9783865607065
USD $38.00 | CAN $45

Pub Date: 6/30/2013
Out of print | Not available

SOUNDWALK COLLECTIVE: MEDEA

Photographs by Stephan Crasneanscki. Text by Arthur Larrue.

DIS VOIR

ISBN: 9782914563666
USD $40.00 | CAN $54 UK £ 30

Pub Date: 5/31/2012
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THERE WILL NEVER BE SILENCE

Edited by David Platzker, Jenny Schlenzka. Compositions by Lizzi Bougatsos, Kevin Beasley, Yasunao Tone, Sabisha Friedberg.

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK

ISBN: 9780870709708
USD $52.00 | CAN $70

Pub Date: 5/26/2015
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

VARIETIES OF AUDIO MIMESIS

By Allen S. Weiss.

ERRANT BODIES PRESS

ISBN: 9780977259441
USD $18.00 | CAN $20

Pub Date: 11/1/2007
Out of print | Not available

WHAT SOUND DOES A COLOR MAKE?

Essay by Kathleen Forde. Foreword by Judith Richards. Interviews with Naut Humon and Steina Vasulka.

INDEPENDENT CURATORS INTERNATIONAL (ICI)

ISBN: 9780916365714
USD $17.95 | CAN $25.5 UK £ 15.99

Pub Date: 7/15/2005
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

Sound Art: Recommended Reading, Reference Books & Catalogs

A Sound Art Bookshelf Active Backlist Titles

A Brief History of New Music JRP|RINGIER Pbk, 6 x 8.25 in. / 320 pgs. | 3/31/2014 | In stock  |   US $29.95	Art or Sound FONDAZIONE PRADA Flexi, 8.25 x 11.5 in. / 520 pgs / 146 color. | 9/30/2014 | In stock  |   US $95.00	Booster KERBER Pbk, 7.75 x 10.25 in. / 184 pgs / 139 color / 20 bw. | 9/30/2014 | In stock  |   US $49.95
Chloe: Chasser Croiser DIS VOIR Pbk, 6 x 8 in. / 64 pgs / 60 color / Audio CD. | 10/31/2011 | In stock  |   US $40.00	Christian Marclay: Fire & Water DIS VOIR Pbk, 6.5 x 8.5 in. / 64 pgs / 60 color / Audio CD. | 6/30/2014 | In stock  |   US $40.00	Christian Marclay: Sound Stories SNAP INC. Hbk, 6.75 x 9.75 in. / 104 pgs / 40 color / 13 duotone. | 1/28/2020 | In stock  |   US $35.00
Composition in Retrospect EXACT CHANGE Pbk, 8 x 6 in. / 184 pgs. | 10/1/2008 | In stock  |   US $15.95	David Shrigley: Goat Music DESTE FOUNDATION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART Slip, pbk, 12 x 12 in. / 16 pgs / 14 bw. | 5/21/2019 | In stock  |   US $29.95	Emeka Ogboh: Lagos Soundscapes KERBER Pbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 216 pgs / 164 color / 85 bw. | 6/18/2019 | In stock  |   US $45.00
Ensemble INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Paperback, 5 x 5 in. / 16 pgs / 16 color / CD Audio | 4/1/2008 | In stock  |   US $20.00	Figures in Air INVENTORY PRESS Pbk, 5.25 x 8 in. / 112 pgs / 12 bw. | 4/23/2019 | In stock  |   US $20.00	Hidden Alliances HATJE CANTZ Pbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 198 pgs / 109 color. | 3/3/2020 | In stock  |   US $45.00
Hito Steyerl: The City of Broken Windows SKIRA Hbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 212 pgs / 272 color. | 10/8/2019 | In stock  |   US $50.00	Loris Gréaud: Crossfading DIS VOIR Pbk, 6.5 x 8.5 in. / 64 pgs / 60 color. | 1/27/2015 | In stock  |   US $40.00	Matthew Ritchie: The Morning Line MODERNE KUNST NüRNBERG Boxed, Pbk, 12.5 x 12.5 / 140 pgs / 70 color / 2 posters / vinyl record. | 4/30/2012 | In stock  |   US $80.00
Radio Memory ERRANT BODIES PRESS Paperback, 6.25 x 8.25 in. / 126 pgs / 8 color / Audio CD. | 10/1/2008 | In stock  |   US $22.00	Robin Minard: Works 1984–2019 VERLAG FüR MODERNE KUNST Hbk, 8.25 x 10.75 in. / 176 pgs / 45 color. | 9/15/2020 | In stock  |   US $35.00	Room Tone ERRANT BODIES PRESS Pbk, 6 x 8 in. / 84 pgs / 45 color / 12 bw / Audio CD. | 12/29/2015 | In stock  |   US $20.00
Ryoji Ikeda: Dataphonics DIS VOIR Pbk, 6.5 x 8.5 in. / 64 pgs / 64 color / Audio CD. | 5/31/2010 | In stock  |   US $40.00	Saâdane Afif: Technical Specifications WITTE DE WITH PUBLISHERS Hbk, 7.75 x 11.25 in. / 148 pages / illustrated throughout / cd-rom. | 10/31/2009 | In stock  |   US $25.00	Sound And The Visual Arts DIS VOIR Paperback, 6.5 x 8.5 / 160 pgs / 14 color / 14 bw. | 2/2/1993 | In stock  |   US $29.95
Soundwalk Collective: Medea DIS VOIR Pbk, 6.5 x 8.5 in. / 64 pgs / 92 color / Audio CD. | 5/31/2012 | In stock  |   US $40.00