Wolf Tones

When a bowed stringed instrument is played, the vibrations of certain notes create a dissonance that is referred to as a 'wolf tone'. For Maximilian Goldfarb, Nancy Shaver and Sterrett Smith, the wolf tone has come to serve as an analogy for describing forces at work in a visual field. These artists present an orchestrated cacophony of images from their individual and collaborative practices alongside texts by contributors from the realms of sound, art, poetry, art criticism and architecture. Referencing landscape, temporality, sonic surpluses, improvisation, Éliane Radigue’s Naldjorlak and more, this book addresses the artists' collaboration as well as the acoustic phenomenon itself, re-imagining the wolf tone as something to be celebrated.
ISBN 9781940190280. Soberscove Press. pb. 256 pages. 144 colour ills. 11.5 x 15 cm.
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