Seth Kim-Cohen [In The Blink of an Ear: Toward a Non-Cochlear Sonic Art]
Continuum Publishing
July 2009

"Finally, a book that dares to think critically and philosophically about sound art. Kim-Cohen shows what post-War art history would look (and sound) like if it did not exclude the sonic, and if soud art were considered within the history of Conceptualism. This is a landmark book with which any future theory of the sonic arts will need to contend." Christoph Cox, Professor of Philosophy, Hampshire College, co-editor of Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music

"A line in the sand of the Chladni plate of sound art. Kim-Cohen is impatient with the simple ding in the thing-in-itself: the metaphysical front end of the church bell. So he pits Duchamp's non-retinal art against Cage's sound-in-itself and argues for a non-cochlear art where sounds are allowed to keep resonating past the inner ear all the way to the brain and back. He speaks eloquently for all who like to think and listen at the same time." Douglas Kahn, author of Noise, Water, Meat: A History of Sound in the Arts

Click HERE to read an excerpt.

Cover: Rebecca Cohen / Co