Voices of memory: phonography and sounds of war

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In recent decades, we have witnessed many compositions that use sound recordings in places at war. These involve some fundamental ethical and aesthetic considerations such as the aesthetic dimension of war. Taking this as a starting point, which will serve as a background hum, this text examines the works of Christine Renaudat and Arsenije Jovanovic to question the following: the role of the technical means used in such recordings; the ethical and aesthetic question of the origin of sounds; and the role of montage in relation to the composition and perception of the works. The article concludes by alluding to perceptual problems involving the audibility of war compared to the audiovisual narratives of war found in the media and often also in museums.

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phonography, war, Jovanovic, Renaudat, sounds, soundscape,

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Author Biography

Carme Pardo Salgado, University of Girona

Author of In the silence of culture; Oblique listening: an invitation to John Cage (Approche de John Cage. L'écoute oblique, laureate of the Coup de coeur de l'Académie Charles Cross); Robert Wilson (collaboration with Miguel Morey); ICT: a philosophical reflection. He has collaborated in numerous collective works nationally and internationally. He has organized various international meetings; created and organized multimedia shows and concerts in collaboration with Músicadhoy/La Casa Encendida, (Madrid), the Orquestra del Caos (Barcelona) and the Ars Musica, Kaaitheater (Brussels). She has been deputy curator of the exhibition Encuentros de Pamplona 1972: Fin de fiesta del arte experimental (MNCARS).

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https://doi.org/10.33115/udg_bib/cp.v6i12.22020

Published

2017-06-01

How to Cite

Pardo Salgado, C. (2017). Voices of memory: phonography and sounds of war. Communication Papers. Media Literacy and Gender Studies., 6(12), 267–282. https://doi.org/10.33115/udg_bib/cp.v6i12.22020

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