Leonardo Music Journal, volume 27, pages 56-57

Sounds of Wow: Tape Composition and the Poetics of the Index

Joseph Kramer ¹

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Joseph Kramer (artist), 3416 W Wrightwood Ave. #1, Chicago, IL 60647, U.S.A.. |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2017-09-22

MIT Press

Journal: Leonardo Music Journal

scimago Q3

SJR: 0.124

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ISSN: 09611215, 15314812

DOI: 10.1162/lmj_a_01016

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Computer Science Applications

Engineering (miscellaneous)

Music

Abstract

Sound artist Joseph Kramer discusses the function of indexical signs when working with magnetic tape and tape loops to elicit a nonsymbolic connection to the past. Compositional and technological strategies using custom devices to employ indexical signification are described.