German sound artist bernhard leitner is one of the first artists to begin actually exploring the connections between sound and architecture. Bernhard leitners work in sound architecture and soundspacesculpture goes back to his artisticempirical research 19691975 in new york, i. He introduced sound to the installation space, allowing the installation space to emerge through the sound. Many years before the cylindre sonore, see previous post, in 1969, leitner began his research on sound defined space. Sound spacesspace in general, reallyare measured acoustically by the entire body, not just with the ears, declares austrian artist bernhard leitner. He integrates mediabased art into his architecture, using exhibition visitors as resonating bodies and playing with their acoustic perceptions. Le cylindre sonore is a doublewalled space hidden inside a bamboo grove in a park more famous for bernard tschumis bright red follies that. Music, sound and space is the first collection to integrate research from musicology and sound studies on music and sound as they mediate everyday life. The sixteen space pieces are not depictions of exterior spaces. Background noise follows the development of sound as an artistic medium and illustrates how sound is put to use within modes of composition, installation, and performance. From georg kargl fine arts, bernhard leitner, sound chair 1991, base. Although leitner has a comprehensive website online, this book provides a more indepth understanding of leitner s design process from his hand sketches to finished product.
Find the latest shows, biography, and artworks for sale by bernhard leitner. Although leitner has a comprehensive website online, this book provides a more indepth understanding of leitners design process from his hand sketches to finished product. Bernhard leitner text by boris groys, bernhard leitner. Jul 08, 2014 leitner continues to show the same sort of variability in approaching his works today. A room composed of 64 loudspeakers, the soundcube allowed for the sounds to travel from one side to another, circling, spiraling, changing in pitch and direction. It also spans a multiple arch back from the works produced since then to early. While chronological in its structure, brandon labelles book is informed by spatial thinking weaving architecture, environments, and the specifics of location into the work of sound, with the aim of formulating an. Sound chair, sound dome, serpentinata, sound column bernhard leitners sound space objects. This is a must read for anyone interested in designing to increase people. Lucid dreaming book, dream psychology, books to read, my books, communication, out of body, astral projection, nonfiction books, reading lists. Born in 1938, leitner is recognized as a pioneer of sound sculpture.
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Intimate cortege thesis document by juan felipe sanchez issuu. With kopfraume headscapes, the austrian architect and installation artist bernhard leitner. Bernhard leitner, sound space manifesto, new york, 1977. Intimate cortege thesis document by juan felipe sanchez. Bernhard leitner is known for his work on away 2015 and all sounds considered asc 2017.
Christina kubisch berlin, internationally renowned for her sound installations, and bernhard leitner vienna, whose soundspace compositions have opened up new fields for media art, have collaborated on projects for the art festival pelerinages near weimar, germany 2004. This twovolume box set addresses the history of leitners practice and. Leitner opens a new field of work and experiment, enabling us to experience space, acoustically as well as physically, the essential feature being the inseparability of the visual and acoustic components of his work. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Example of sound in motion in the soundcube from bernhard leitners 151 ton. Since the 1960s, german installation artist and sculptor bernhard leitner born 1938 has explored the issue of how space can be experienced acoustically and physically, creating immersive sound pieces. Jun 18, 2012 interview with sound sculptor bernhard leitner. Bernhard leitner austrianborn artist, bernhard leitner, talks about his sound spaces with resite at resonate. Bernhard leitner tonraum tu berlin the soundspace tu berlin is a permanent, sound installation located in the main building of the technical university of berlin. Pioneering sound art for me, sound is a building material. A room composed of 64 loudspeakers, the soundcube allowed for the sounds to travel from one side to another, circling, spiraling. Interview with sound suit creator bernhard leitner youtube. Mar 22, 2016 bernhard leitner born 1938 uses sound to create intimate spaces in which one can physically experience the movement of sound.
This monograph presents the first overview of multidisciplinary artist bernhard leitner b. Bernhard leitners soundcube, 1969 many years before the cylindre sonore, see previous post, in 1969, leitner began his research on sound defined space. Leitner continues to show the same sort of variability in approaching his works today. Bernhard leitner by bernhard leitner, paperback barnes.
If you dont know what to do, theres actually a chance of doing something new. Bernhard leitner born 1938 uses sound to create intimate spaces in which one. Beyond music, between categories by alan licht, listening to noise and silence. Christina kubisch berlin, internationally renowned for her sound installations, and bernhard leitner vienna, whose sound space compositions have opened up new fields for media art, have collaborated on projects for the art festival pelerinages near weimar, germany 2004. He tries to be precise in controlling effects and technologiesif you are delineating and characterizing space using sound, thats important. Sep 23, 2011 he introduced sound to the installation space, allowing the installation space to emerge through the sound. In order to expand their basic design tools, this book explores the interactions between sound, space, hearing, and architecture. Since 1970 bernhard leitner has been exhibiting his soundspace objects and soundspace sculptures in the international context.
The sixteen spacepieces are not depictions of exterior spaces. Leitner opens a new field of work and experiment, enabling us to experience space, acoustically as well as physically, the essential feature being the inseparability of the visual and acoustic components of. Headscapes is a pictorial and plastic piece by bernhard leitner, born in 1938 in austria, recorded on an audio cd. Bernhard leitner born 1938 uses sound to create intimate. See more ideas about sound art, acoustic architecture and graphic score. These acoustic headscapes can only be experienced using headphones. The influence of acoustics on balance and orientation. Music was no longer a metaphor for the real world somewhere out there. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. He tries to be precise in controlling effects and technologiesif you are delineating and characterizing space using sound, thats importantwhile allowing for surprises. Bernhard leitner sound spacesspace in general, reallyare measured acoustically sound. Sound spaces space in general, reallyare measured acoustically by the entire body, not just with the ears, declares austrian artist bernhard leitner. Since the late 1960s bernhard leitner has built and composed soundspaceobjects, soundsculptures as well as soundarchitectures dealing with space as a phenomenon and with new modes of reading and perceiving space. January 21, 2012 by fosco lucarelli leave a comment.
Bernhard leitners soundcube, 1969 illustrazioni, grafici. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts. Since the late 1960s, bernhard leitner has been working in the realm between architecture, sculpture, and music, conceiving of sounds as. Pdf download sound spaces notation sketchbook pdf full.
Space by the entire body, not just with the ears bernhard leitner during the late 1960s in new york, austrian architect and artist bernhard leitner designed the first soundspace sculpture or architecture, prior to the advent of the technical. Bernhard leitner, sound architecture space created through traveling sound, artforum 9. Jan 21, 2012 bernhard leitners soundcube, 1969 january 21, 2012 by fosco lucarelli leave a comment many years before the cylindre sonore, see previous post, in 1969, leitner began his research on sound defined space. Music and sound exert an inescapable influence on the contemporary world, from the ubiquity of mp3 players to the controversial use of sound as an instrument of torture. Bernhard leitner earspacebodysound galerie georg kargl. Though he has been influenced by modern music, moving lightspaces and dance, leitner uses sound as a new scuptural. Bernhard leitners soundcube, 1969 sound art, graphic score. Search for library items search for lists search for. Installation by robin minard at the mattress factory, pittsburgh, 153. Leitner, who actually studied architecture, has been a visionary ever since the very. Leitners main interest is in how the body is oriented in space and how sound can be used simulate or allude to that experience was actualized in one of. In a cubeshaped passageway cum room in which three corridors meet, leitner built a soundabsorbing covering, with 42 hidden speakers distributed over the wall surfaces.
In recent years, bernhard leitners soundspacebody installations, that. Sounds move with various speeds through a space, they rise and fall, resonate back and forth, and bridge dynamic, constantly changing spatial. Leitner s work combines architecture, acoustics, and sculpture in an effort to establish a. The sound suit that sound sculptor bernhard leitner created in 1975 was on display. Bernhard leitner ostfildern and cantz verlag, sound sapce new york. A room composed of 64 loudspeakers, the soundcube allowed for the sounds to travel from one side to. Using the vocabulary of sound, leitner discusses how he uses sound to define space and create completely new worlds. Bernhard leitner born 1938 uses sound to create intimate spaces in whic. Bernhard leitners sound space objects and installations are all accessible and useable for the visitor. This publication is a continuation of the book sound. This publication is the first to survey leitner s visionary sketchbooks.