Synthesized sound is ubiquitous in contemporary music and aural environments around the world. Yet, relatively little has been written on its cultural origins and meanings. This dissertation constructs a long history of synthesized sound that examines the century before synthesizers were mass-produced in the 1970s, and attends to ancient and mythic themes that circulate in contemporary audio-technical discourse. Research draws upon archival materials including late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century acoustics texts, and inventors' publications, correspondence, and synthesizer product manuals from the 1940s through the 1970s. As a feminist history of synthesized sound, this project investigates how metaphors in audio-technical discourse ...
Comunicação apresentada na "Conferência internacional de Cinema - Arte, Tecnologia, Comunicação", A...
International audienceFrom the most notable disruptive innovations dating from the First World War t...
International audienceFrom the most notable disruptive innovations dating from the First World War t...
Since the beginnings of western media culture, sound synthesis has played a major role in articulati...
Since the beginnings of western media culture, sound synthesis has played a major role in ar...
International audienceAs far as music is concerned, instruments have always been part of a cultural ...
International audienceAs far as music is concerned, instruments have always been part of a cultural ...
International audienceFrom Debussy to today's contemporary music, from rock to electronica, from the...
International audienceFrom Debussy to today's contemporary music, from rock to electronica, from the...
The invention of the synthesizer meant the possibility of achieving virtually any sound in one mecha...
International audienceFrom the most notable disruptive innovations dating from the First World War t...
International audienceFrom the most notable disruptive innovations dating from the First World War t...
International audienceFrom the most notable disruptive innovations dating from the First World War t...
International audienceFrom the most notable disruptive innovations dating from the First World War t...
In a context of "cultural democratization", French museums have been innovating for many years in th...
Comunicação apresentada na "Conferência internacional de Cinema - Arte, Tecnologia, Comunicação", A...
International audienceFrom the most notable disruptive innovations dating from the First World War t...
International audienceFrom the most notable disruptive innovations dating from the First World War t...
Since the beginnings of western media culture, sound synthesis has played a major role in articulati...
Since the beginnings of western media culture, sound synthesis has played a major role in ar...
International audienceAs far as music is concerned, instruments have always been part of a cultural ...
International audienceAs far as music is concerned, instruments have always been part of a cultural ...
International audienceFrom Debussy to today's contemporary music, from rock to electronica, from the...
International audienceFrom Debussy to today's contemporary music, from rock to electronica, from the...
The invention of the synthesizer meant the possibility of achieving virtually any sound in one mecha...
International audienceFrom the most notable disruptive innovations dating from the First World War t...
International audienceFrom the most notable disruptive innovations dating from the First World War t...
International audienceFrom the most notable disruptive innovations dating from the First World War t...
International audienceFrom the most notable disruptive innovations dating from the First World War t...
In a context of "cultural democratization", French museums have been innovating for many years in th...
Comunicação apresentada na "Conferência internacional de Cinema - Arte, Tecnologia, Comunicação", A...
International audienceFrom the most notable disruptive innovations dating from the First World War t...
International audienceFrom the most notable disruptive innovations dating from the First World War t...