re: derrida, sound-texts

[tobias v <tobias@xxxxxxxxx>]

dear rob + list,

Contrary to popular belief, it seems, Derrida has quite a bit to say on
music and especially sound as it pertains to the phonos, the ear, to hear,
to speak, and the voice. However, that he mixes it in with several
concurrent authors and arguments often makes it a bit difficult to point out
simply.

_Of Grammatology_, especially the latter half on Rousseau, spends quite some
time discussing the musical v. non-musical aspects of speech and song and
their relation to music and sound.

"Ulysses Gramaphone" is a profoundly sonic essay on the musical affirmation
of becoming -- yes yes -- in Joyce, who is quite possibly the world's most
acoustic author.

"Khora," in _On the Name_, has much to say about rhythms; also _Chora L
Works_, the doomed collaboration with architect Eisenman, is quite
structurally sonic.

"Otobiography," in _The Ear of the Other_, also deals with the sonic
repercussions of the name.


-there is also an interview with Derrida conducted by Kristeva (this may
have been published in Tel Quel; it might be in _Points...Interviews_),
which talks about Nietzsche and the dance in the question of the feminine.


This is off the top of my head, so to speak; there is more, and I would be
interested in hearing what others have found.

Of note: _Noise Water Meat_ by Douglas Kahn is excellent.


best,

tobias



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