{"product_id":"sonic-faction-audio-essay-as-medium-and-method-paperback","title":"Sonic Faction: Audio Essay as Medium and Method - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJustin Barton\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSteve Goodman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMaya B. Kronic\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplorations of the audio essay as medium and method.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith contributors including Justin Barton, Angus Carlyle, Kodwo Eshun, Steve Goodman, Robin Mackay, Paul Nataraj, and Iain Sinclair, \u003ci\u003eSonic Faction\u003c\/i\u003e presents extended lines of thought prompted by two Urbanomic events which explored the ways in which sound and voice can produce new sensory terrains and provoke speculative thought. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree recent pieces provide the catalyst for a discussion of the potential of the \"audio essay\" as medium and method, a machine for intensifying listening and unsettling the boundaries between existing forms: documentary, music, ambient sound, audiobook, field recording, radio play.... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKode9's \u003ci\u003eAstro-Darien\u003c\/i\u003e (2022) is a sonic fiction about simulation, presenting an alternative history of the Scottish Space Programme, haunted by the ghosts of the British Empire. Justin Barton and Mark Fisher's \u003ci\u003eOn Vanishing Land\u003c\/i\u003e (2006) is a dreamlike account of a coastal walk that expands into questions of modernity, capitalism, fiction, and the micropolitics of escape. Robin Mackay's \u003ci\u003eBy the North Sea\u003c\/i\u003e (2021) is a meditation on time, disappearance, and loss as heard through the fictions of Lovecraft, Ccru, and the spectre of Dunwich, the city that vanished beneath the waves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlongside photographic documentation of the events and edited transcripts of the artists' discussions, \u003ci\u003eSonic Faction\u003c\/i\u003e brings together contributors with diverse perspectives to address the question of the audio essay and to imagine its future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLawrence Abu Hamdan, Lendl Barcelos, Justin Barton, Ben Borthwick, Angus Carlyle, Matt Colquhoun, Jessica Edwards, Kodwo Eshun, Steve Goodman, Ayesha Hameed, Eleni Ikoniadou, Lawrence Lek, Robin Mackay, Paul Nataraj, Emily Pethick, Iain Sinclair, Shelley Trower\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJustin Barton is a philosopher and writer. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eHidden Valleys: Haunted by the Future\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSteve Goodman is a DJ\/Producer (as Kode9) and writer. He set up the record label Hyperdub in 2004, and in 2019 the sub label Flatlines to focus on audio essays and sonic fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaya B. Kronic is the agent, patient, and product of an ongoing research project on hyperstition, gender accelerationism, and cuteness. They are currently co-director of research and development at Urbanomic.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695205322815,"sku":"9781915103123","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/63060339f7394ae68ff9b3ec109e189e.webp?v=1765002974","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/sonic-faction-audio-essay-as-medium-and-method-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}