Sounding Transpacific Asia

22 Apr

Research Focus Group Talk: The Funny Thing About Noise: Film Sound Aesthetics in the Cold War Cinema of Taiwan and South Korea

Taiwanese and South Korean film comedies of the 1960s and 70s were swarming with funny noises, from cymbal crashes to dog barks and glissandos of all timbres. Why all the ruckus? Was this simply a relic of the bygone era, an early sound film aesthetic...

16:37 /

29 Aug

Sounding Transpacific Asia Research Focus Group

Sound is movement and, by nature, a transitory event: a release of vibrational energy that travels through complex, non-linear pathways. To study sound, then, is to attune to processes of transit, movement, and migration across media and across material, geographical, or social borders. While this movement...

14:30 / Research Focus Groups