Sonic Envelopes

Author: Rawes, Peg

Source: The Senses and Society, Volume 3, Number 1, March 2008 , pp. 61-76(16)

Publisher: Berg Publishers

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Abstract:

This article examines ways in which an individual's experiences of spatial environments are informed by physical and psychic perceptions of sound. It explores how sonic images, memories, voices, spaces and events constitute "sonic envelopes." These aesthetic figures are developed out of the late-nineteenth-century writings by the philosopher Henri Bergson and from contemporary audio-walks by the artist, Janet Cardiff. Each shows that sound, space and time are embodied in the individual's powers of sensory perception. Bergson and Cardiff's sonic envelopes may therefore enable reevaluations of the relationships between sound, space and time that connect the individual to his or her environment.

Keywords: SONIC SPACES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; AESTHETICS; EMBODIED; ENVELOPES

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.2752/174589308X266470

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