Phantasmic Radio by Allen S. Weiss (English) Paperback Book

Description: Phantasmic Radio by Allen S. Weiss The alienation of the self, the annihilation of the body, the fracturing, dispersal, and reconstruction of the disembodied voice: the themes of modernism, even of modern consciousness, occur as a matter of course in the phantasmic realm of radio. This title explores the meaning of radio to the modern imagination. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The alienation of the self, the annihilation of the body, the fracturing, dispersal, and reconstruction of the disembodied voice: the themes of modernism, even of modern consciousness, occur as a matter of course in the phantasmic realm of radio. In this original work of cultural criticism, Allen S. Weiss explores the meaning of radio to the modern imagination. Weaving together cultural and technological history, aesthetic analysis, and epistemological reflection, his investigation reveals how radiophony transforms expression and, in doing so, calls into question assumptions about language and being, body and voice.Phantasmic Radio presents a new perspective on the avant-garde radio experiments of Antonin Artaud and John Cage, and brings to light fascinating, lesser-known work by, among others, Valère Novarina, Gregory Whitehead, and Christof Migone. Weiss shows how Artauds "body without organs" establishes the closure of the flesh after the death of God; how Cages "imaginary landscapes" proffer the indissociability of techne and psyche; how Novarina reinvents the body through the word in his "theater of the ears." Going beyond the art historical context of these experiments, Weiss describes how, with their emphasis on montage and networks of transmission, they marked out the coordinates of modernism and prefigured what we now recognize as the postmodern. Notes Presents a new perspective on the avant-garde radio experiments of Antonin Artaud and John Cage and brings to light fascinating lesser-known work. Back Cover "Putting a stethoscope to the chest of mass-culturers"s first darling medium, Alan Weiss draws radio art out of electomagnetic obscurity and onto the stage of current debates on subjectivity and technology, primitivism and vanguardism, psychology and textuality. Historically rich, astute, and argumentative,Phantasmic Radiocharts the theoretical flutters in the land of lost bodies and drifting signals. It attends to the jarring and brilliant broadcast of ideas as they dance across our eardrums."-John Corbett, author ofExtended Play Author Biography Allen S. Weiss is the author of several books, including The Aesthetics of Excess, Shattered Forms, Perverse Desire and the Ambiguous Icon, and Mirrors of Infinity. Review "Putting a stethoscope to the chest of mass-cultures first darling medium, Alan Weiss draws radio art out of electomagnetic obscurity and onto the stage of current debates on subjectivity and technology, primitivism and vanguardism, psychology and textuality. Historically rich, astute, and argumentative, Phantasmic Radio charts the theoretical flutters in the land of lost bodies and drifting signals. It attends to the jarring and brilliant broadcast of ideas as they dance across our eardrums."--John Corbett, author of Extended Play "Phantasmic Radio is a real pleasure to read, both for its elegant style and its originality."--Michael Hardt, Duke University "Weiss has produced a welcome addition to the growing canon of material devoted to radio theory and provides an inspiring collection of thoughts for those of us excited by the unexplored and creative potential of radio to stimulate the aural imagination. If the purposes of radio art is to affect the way we listen then the book could affect the way we think about radio." Jim Beaman, Viewfinder Promotional Presents a new perspective on the avant-garde radio experiments of Antonin Artaud and John Cage and brings to light fascinating lesser-known work. Review Quote "Putting a stethoscope to the chest of mass-cultures first darling medium, Alan Weiss draws radio art out of electomagnetic obscurity and onto the stage of current debates on subjectivity and technology, primitivism and vanguardism, psychology and textuality. Historically rich, astute, and argumentative, Phantasmic Radio charts the theoretical flutters in the land of lost bodies and drifting signals. It attends to the jarring and brilliant broadcast of ideas as they dance across our eardrums."-John Corbett, author of Extended Play"Phantasmic Radio is a real pleasure to read, both for its elegant style and its originality."-Michael Hardt, Duke University"Weiss has produced a welcome addition to the growing canon of material devoted to radio theory and provides an inspiring collection of thoughts for those of us excited by the unexplored and creative potential of radio to stimulate the aural imagination. If the purposes of radio art is to affect the way we listen then the book could affect the way we think about radio." Jim Beaman, Viewfinder Promotional "Headline" Presents a new perspective on the avant-garde radio experiments of Antonin Artaud and John Cage and brings to light fascinating lesser-known work. Details ISBN0822316641 Author Allen S. Weiss Pages 144 Language English ISBN-10 0822316641 ISBN-13 9780822316640 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1995 Imprint Duke University Press Place of Publication North Carolina Country of Publication United States Birth 1954 Publisher Duke University Press Residence NY, US Short Title PHANTASMIC RADIO - PB DOI 10.1604/9780822316640 UK Release Date 1995-09-07 AU Release Date 1995-09-07 NZ Release Date 1995-09-07 US Release Date 1995-09-07 Publication Date 1995-09-07 DEWEY 302.2344 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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