Bringing together a diverse group of world-leading professionals across post-production film sound and electroacoustic music, Art of Sound explores the creative principles that underpin how sonic practitioners act to compose, tell stories, make us feel and communicate via sound. Revealing new understandings through analysis of interdisciplinary exchanges and interviews, this book investigates questions of aesthetics, perception, and interpretation, unveiling opportunities for a greater appreciation of the creativity and artistry in sound practice which underpins both experimental electronic music and the world's leading film and television productions.
It argues that, in contrast to traditional ideas which can imagine creativity to flow from overarching creative visions, we can better understand and appreciate the creative act as constantly unfolding process of inspiration, material action and reflection, within which the creative flows with the materials of the work negotiating rich networks of potential. Such an approach enables us to better celebrate the reality of the creative process, de-centering technologies and universal rules from our frameworks, opening up sonic practices to more diverse ideas and approaches.
Art of Sound provides insight into the latest developments and approaches to sound and image practice for composers, filmmakers, directors, scholars, producers, sound designers sound editors, sound mixers, and students who are interested in understanding the creative potential of sound.
About the Author: Andrew Knight-Hill is a composer of works that explore the interface between music and sound practice. His works have been heard internationally in film festivals and concerts, and he recently composed music and sound design for the immersive theatrical event "Over Lunan", which was awarded Outstanding Cultural Event at the 2023 Thistle Awards for Scottish Tourism.
He is Associate Professor in Sound Design and Music Technology at the University of Greenwich, UK, leader of the SOUND/IMAGE Research Centre, co-director of the Loudspeaker Orchestra Concert Series and convenor of the annual SOUND/IMAGE conference.
www.ahillav.co.uk
Emma Margetson is an acousmatic composer and sound artist. Her research interests include sound diffusion and spatialisation practices; site specific works, sound walks and installations; audience development and engagement; and community music practice. She has received a variety of awards and special mentions for her work including, first prize in the prestigious L'Espace du Son International Spatialisation Competition by INFLUX (Musiques & Recherches), klingt gut! Young Artist Award in 2018 and Ars Electronica Forum Wallis 2019.
She is currently a Lecturer in Sound Design and Research Fellow in Audiovisual Space: Recontextualising Sound-Image Media at the University of Greenwich, UK.
www.emmamargetson.co.uk
