Sound as an art form is gaining prominence and acceptance in museums and galleries around the world.
The sounds of Indian activists chanting and reciting poems fill Tate Modern’s Project Space in London, part of Amar Kanwar’s A Night Of Prophecy (2002). Nearby, Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s voice map, Conflicted Phonemes (2012), explores the influence of accent on Somali asylum seekers, offering a visual interpretation of their speech.
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