1st Edition

Voice as Art From Theatre to Forensics

By Richard Couzins Copyright 2022
178 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

178 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

178 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Voice as Art considers how artists have used human voices since they became reproducible and entered art discourse in the twentieth century. The discussion embeds artworks using voices within historical and theoretical contexts in a comparative overview arguing that reproduction caused increased creativity moving from acting to creating phonic materials framed by phenomenological deep... Read more

Acknowledgements;  Introduction;  1. One Hundred Years of Voice in Art Practice;  2. Dramaturgical Performances, Documentary Utterances and Vocal Objects;  3. Art, Emotion, and the Location of Voices;  4. Phenomenology of Voice;  5. Plural Voices: Postmodernity, Subjectivity and Sampling;  6. Listening to Voice;  Conclusion: Voice and Contemporary Practice

Biography

Richard Couzins is a researcher, writer and practising artist, making and exhibiting work both as a solo artist and collaboratively. His research interests include moving image, the human voice in artistic practice, song, photography in contemporary art and the relationship between the avant-garde, early cinema and music hall.