This is a journey into sound/bring the noise : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
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2009
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The aim of this thesis is to survey the discussions around the position of sound art within the
broader arts, and to explore strategies and research areas within fine art and my own practice, so
as to identify new areas of enquiry and develop my work within this field. I investigate the
phenomenology of vision and hearing and contrast the different ways these two senses operate
as primary sources of perception. I analyse the privileging of sight and the dominance of the
visual in art institutions. Ideas of the literal and model subject within installation art are
explored and the convergence of these subjectivities is overlaid with this phenomenological
research, in order to develop a direction within installation art. The lack of authoritative sources
in this field, beyond the few relevant texts, has meant that my research has employed respected
new media and the Internet as a second tier of sources. I also analyse my own practice as an
example of how sound art activates extramusical ideas. My research concludes that sound art has
much to reveal to the broader arts community about perception and the creation of meaning,
and also that there are many prospective avenues of enquiry within fine arts for the inclusion and
analysis of audio based work.
Keywords: sound art; phenomenology; hearing; privileging of sight; subjectivities;
extramusical; perception.
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Sound art, Phenomenology, Hearing, Privileging of sight, Subjectivity, Perception