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Noise and Silence: The Contemporary Sound Sculptures of Adam Basanta (2020)

Shauna Jean Doherty
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This article examines the radical and destabilizing potential of noise and silence, expressed by Canadian artist Adam Basanta’s sound sculpture practice. The author’s analysis is undertaken through a comparison of Basanta’s works to those of foundational sound artists, John Cage and Steve Reich, as well as contemporary sound sculpture practitioners, Robert Pugliese, Konrad Smoleński, Michael Sailstorfer, and Nikita Gale. Dominant themes of noise, silence, and feedback recur in the referenced artists’ practices, demonstrating a shared interest in the dynamics of sonic power.
typeresearch exposition
date02/09/2020
published04/09/2020
last modified04/09/2020
statuspublished
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urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/978605/978606
doihttps://doi.org/10.22501/JSS.978605
published inJournal of Sonic Studies
portal issue20. Issue 20


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name1. A Line Listening To Itself 2016 Adam Basanta Photo by Andreas Lutz
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name2 Pendulum Music Steve Reich 1968
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name1 A Line Listening To Itself by Adam Basanta
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name3. Equilibrium 2011 Roberto Pugliese Photo by Thomas Nitz.
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name3 Pugliese Equilibrium
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name4. A Large Inscription, A Great Noise (2019)(detail) by Adam Basanta. Photo by Paul Litherand.
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name5. A Large Inscription, A Great Noise (2019)(detail) by Adam Basanta. Photo by Paul Litherand.
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name4 Basante Large Inscription
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name6. Concrete Tape Recorder (1968) by Bruce Nauman. Photo by A. Burger
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name7. Modell Reaktor (2005) by Michael Sailstorfer. Photo by Studio Sailstorfer.
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name8. Vessel (2015) by Adam Basanta. No photo credit.
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name5 Basante Vessel
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name9. The End of Radio (2012) by Konrad Smoleń ski. No photo credit.
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name10. There’s No God (2009-2010) by Konrad Smoleński. No photo credit.
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name6 Smolenski Everything was forever
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name7 Basanta The Loudest Sound In The Room
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name11. The loudest sound in the room experienced very quietly (2015) by Adam Basanta. Photo by Emily Gan.
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name12. INTERCEPTOR (2019) by Nikita Gale. No p hoto credit
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name13. Plugs (the most important thing is) (2016) (detail) by Adam Basanta. Photo by Adam Basanta.
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