Writing the Field Recording: Sound, Word, Environment

Stephen Benson; Will Montgomery

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2018

Writing the Field Recording

Sound, Word, Environment

Stephen Benson and Will Montgomery

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474406703

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Intervenes in contemporary debates about the relationship between literature and field recording

A field recording is any audio recording made outside of the studio. Such recordings have lately become important to contemporary musicians, sound artists and environmentalists. However, less attention has been given to the relation of sound, as manifested in the theory and practice of the field recording, to writing. The 11 essays collected here take the recent explosion of interest in field recording as the point of departure for an investigation of the sounded field in music and its relationship to literature and writing. Including seminal pieces on field thinking by John Berger and Lisa Robertson, Writing the Field Recording analyses contemporary text scores, histories, composer statements, critical literature, poetry and nature writing in the context of sound studies. Drawing on expertise from a range of backgrounds, including composers, musicians, poets and critics, the collection presents an inter-disciplinary exploration of the various registers in which the field recording is written, such as the essayistic, the creatively exploratory, the experimental and the philosophical alongside critical reflections on artistic practice.

Key Features

Focuses on sound in relation to poetry, poetics and nature / landscape writing
Includes contributions from published poets Lisa Robertson, Carol Watts and Jonathan Skinner
Includes the classic essay, ‘Field’, by John Berger
Accompanying sound recordings made accessible via the Resources tab on the Edinburgh University Press website

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction: Writing the Field Recording Stephen Benson and Will Montgomery Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Preface: Field John Berger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Part One. Opening the Field
Chapter 1 Fields, Theory, Field Theory: John Berger and Manfred Werder Defi ne a Field Nicholas Melia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
Chapter 2 The Nondescript Stephen Benson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
Chapter 3 Text-Score-Text Will Montgomery Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
Part Two. The Poetics of the Field
Chapter 4 Rubies Reddened by Rubies Reddening Michael Pisaro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
Chapter 5 Pitch of Inhabiting: Thoughts on the Practice of Sound, Poetry and Virno’s ‘Accustomed Place’ Carol Watts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
Chapter 6 Druids Fielding Questions: Eva-Maria Houben, Emily Dickinson and Charles Ives Dominic Lash Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Chapter 7 Field Recording as Writing: John Berger, Peter Gizzi and Juliana Spahr Redell Olsen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Part Three. The Field in Practice
Chapter 8 Bittern space, a siskin Patrick Farmer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Chapter 9 Disquiet Lisa Robertson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	216
Chapter 10 Hedges Daniela Cascella Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	228
Chapter 11 Stirrup Notes: Fragments on Listening Jonathan Skinner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	246
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	274

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 288
Illustrations
- Other: 15 B/W illustrations Additional audio recordings
Keywords: Literary Studies

eBook

Published: March 24, 2022
ISBN: 9781474406703