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Sonic (and Other) Environments as the Mirror of Society (and as the Challenge for Artistic Testimony) Cover

Sonic (and Other) Environments as the Mirror of Society (and as the Challenge for Artistic Testimony)

By: Július Fujak  
Open Access
|Jul 2025

Abstract

The main topics of the paper are the (non)ecological dimensions of sonic and other environments in contemporary world reflecting the “suchness” and quality of certain cultures and society of global transcapitalism in its late phase of digitalisation, and devastation as well. Various social discursive and nondiscursive practices of this civilization influence very deeply our ways of living in many important dimensions—spiritual, moral, ecological, economic, political, and way of communication among others, which is mirrored in different sonic (and other) environments we are situated.

The author refers to the special works of arts, kind of new musical discourses appropriating field recordings of unique environments, sonic sculptures, or intermedia installations in social-critical contexts as the testimonies of such artists as Bob Ostertag (USA), Peter Machajdík, Jonáš Gruska (both SK), among others.

Language: English
Page range: 1 - 8
Submitted on: Feb 20, 2025
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Accepted on: Apr 29, 2025
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Published on: Jul 11, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

© 2025 Július Fujak, published by Palacký University Olomouc
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