Sonic Poetry : Technological Methods as Creative Practice

Marc Matter

ISBN 10: 311222552X / ISBN 13: 9783112225523

Published by Walter De Gruyter Feb 2026, 2026

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Neuware - This interdisciplinary study focuses on sonic poetry, an experimental artistic practice in the post-digital era. It discusses a transmedial, language-based sound art, according to literary concepts, as well as media theory, linguistics, and sound studies. The book explores how digital and media technologies shape the creation of experimental sound works. Offering a framework, it categorizes the large variety of production methods applied by artists, such as editing, mixing, sampling, and coding. Drawing on literary concepts like electroacoustic poetry or audioliterary writing, it introduces a theory of expanded semantics to analyze the intricate interplay between sound and meaning. Four in-depth case studies of works by Alessandro Bosetti, Dagmara Kraus, Jörg Piringer, and Anja Utler, reveal how artists engage in a dynamic and reciprocal relationship with technology - transforming it from a mere tool into an active collaborator in the creative process. This book aims to fill a gap by reconstructing the evolution of poetry related to sound, media, and technology. Providing compelling insights into the innovative tendencies of artistic production, it also sheds light on issues of culture and society in the twenty-first century. ; Man findet Lyrik heute oft jenseits des Buches: auf Theaterbühnen, im urbanen Raum oder im Internet. Poetische Sprache wird mit Musik oder visuellen Elementen kombiniert oder durch die Performance des 'Poeten' oder der 'Poetin' verstärkt. Das eröffnet neue Zugänge zu einer literarischen Gattung, die bislang als elitär oder abstrakt galt. Die interdisziplinäre Buchreihe widmet sich zeitgenössischer Lyrik in all ihren Facetten, von populärkulturellen Werken bis zu elaborierter Kunst. Dafür werden literaturwissenschaftliche Ansätze mit Performance Studies, Medien- und Filmwissenschaft, Sound Studies, Sprechwissenschaft und Visual Culture Studies verbunden.Warum ist Lyrik derzeit so populär Welche Theorien und Methoden müssen entwickelt werden, um neuen Formaten - z.B. Spoken Word Poetry, digitale Lyrik, Gedichte in Sozialen Medien - gerecht zu werden Wie interagieren Populär- und 'Hochkultur' Welche ästhetischen, kulturellen oder politischen Funktionen kommen den medialen Gestaltungs-, Präsentations- und Distributionsformen von Gedichten zu Die Reihe 'Poetry in the Digital Age', herausgegeben von der Leiterin des gleichnamigen Forschungsprojekts, wird durch einen ERC Advanced Grant gefördert. Advisory Board Frieder von Ammon (München, DE); Hannes Bajohr (Berkeley, US); Jörg Döring (Siegen, DE); Julia Lajta-Novak (Wien, AT); Karen Leeder (Oxford, UK); Ralph Müller (Fribourg, CH); Jesper Olsson (Uppsala, SE); Pawel Piszczatowski (Warschau, PL); Jessica Pressman (San Diego, US); Antonio Rodriguez (Lausanne, CH); Hans Kristian S. Rustad (Oslo, NO); Holger Schulze (Kopenhagen, DK); Eckhard Schumacher (Greifswald, DE); Henrieke Stahl (Trier, DE); Birgitte Stougaard Pedersen (Aarhus, DK); Fabian Wolbring (Marburg, DE).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sonic Poetry : Technological Methods as Creative Practice
• Publisher: Walter De Gruyter Feb 2026
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 311222552X
• ISBN 13: 9783112225523
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 233W x 159H x 26D millimeters 233 millimeters width by 159 millimeters height by 26 millimeters depth
• Weight: 570 grams

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This interdisciplinary study focuses on sonic poetry, an experimental artistic practice in the post-digital era. It discusses a transmedial, language-based sound art, according to literary concepts, as well as media theory, linguistics, and sound studies.

The book explores how digital and media technologies shape the creation of experimental sound works. Offering a framework, it categorizes the large variety of production methods applied by artists, such as editing, mixing, sampling, and coding. Drawing on literary concepts like electroacoustic poetry or audioliterary writing, it introduces a theory of expanded semantics to analyze the intricate interplay between sound and meaning.

Four in-depth case studies of works by Alessandro Bosetti, Dagmara Kraus, Jörg Piringer, and Anja Utler, reveal how artists engage in a dynamic and reciprocal relationship with technology – transforming it from a mere tool into an active collaborator in the creative process.

This book aims to fill a gap by reconstructing the evolution of poetry related to sound, media, and technology. Providing compelling insights into the innovative tendencies of artistic production, it also sheds light on issues of culture and society in the twenty-first century.

 

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Marc Matter