Arte sonora e espaço: estética e novas possibilidades poéticas

Abstract

Sound Art and Space: Aesthetics and New Poetic Possibilities (Goals) discusses the processes of hybridization between sound and space from a historical overview through areas such as music, architecture, visual arts, sound engineering and performance. Given the diversity of approaches to the topic, this dissertation intends to present alternative perspectives, focusing on the emergence of Sound Art. (Theoretical and Methodological Aspects) By dealing with changes in the ways of understanding sound, both in the world of contemporary music and in visual arts, the research describes different formats of the relationship between sound and space, which acquired new meanings in art installation after more recent experiments with sound. Moreover, it examines the forms of perception of sound and how they differ from other languages, since they imply specificities in their ways of spatialization. The concepts discussed here are applied in the analysis of relevant examples for the historical understanding of sound art and the relation between space and sound. (Results) These analysis serve as a theoretical basis for more in-­‐ depth case studies, in which the author reflects about his creativive process in different works, such as the sound creation and composition for the contemporary dance spetacle Branco and the sound installation Promenade