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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dc.contributor.authorCairns, Gregory John
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-14T02:16:15Z
dc.date.availableNO_RESTRICTIONen_US
dc.date.available2009-07-14T02:16:15Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/919
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectSound arten_US
dc.subjectPhenomenologyen_US
dc.subjectHearingen_US
dc.subjectPrivileging of sighten_US
dc.subjectSubjectivityen_US
dc.subjectPerceptionen_US
dc.subject.otherFields of Research::410000 The Artsen_US
dc.titleThis 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 Zealanden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorCairns, Gregory John
thesis.degree.disciplineFine Artsen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)en_US
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