This is a list of sound artists. Sound art is a diverse group of art practices that considers wide notions of sound, listening and hearing as its predominant focus. There is contention as to which artists are “sound artists” or if another category might be more accurate such as experimental music, electronic music, sound installation, circuit bending, sound sculpture, builder of experimental musical instruments, noise music, acoustic ecology, sound poetry, installation art, performance art or Fluxus.N.B. Aldrich. 2003. What is Sound Art? Albany: Electronic Music Foundation website.Kenneth Goldsmith. 2004. Bring Da Noise: A Brief Survey of Sound Art. New York: American Music Center.Scott Wilson. 2006. “Boundaries and Definitions: The SoundAsArt Conference, Aberdeen Scotland (24–26 November, 2006).” eContact! 9.2 — Canadian Regions: The Prairies (March 2007). Montréal: CEC.Alan Licht. 2007. Sound Art: Beyond Music, Between Categories. New York: Rizzoli.Cathy Lane & Angus Carlyle. 2021. Sound arts now. Axminster: Uniformbooks.
Frédéric Acquaviva AGF Alejandra and Aeron Miguel Álvarez-Fernández Maryanne Amacher Charles Amirkhanian Tarek Atoui Christine Sun Kim Laurie Anderson Magali Babin Adam Basanta William Basinski Pierre Bastien Harry Bertoia Jaap Blonk Baschet Brothers Brymo MW Burns Ken Butler Janet Cardiff Lawrence Chandler Richard Chartier Maria Chavez Phil Coy Walton Creel Alvin Curran Lance Dann G/MZ Tacita Dean Shawn Decker (sound artist) Poulomi Desai Chantal Dumas Judy Dunaway Kyle Bobby Dunn Max Eastley eRikm Christian Fennesz Bill Fontana Giovanni Fontana Terry Fox Bernhard Gal Reed Ghazala Kraig Grady Ken Gregory Lawrence Abu Hamdan Steve Heimbecker Brian House Brenda Hutchinson Ryoji Ikeda Michelle Jaffé Christopher Janney GX Jupitter-Larsen Timo Kahlen Jacob Kirkegaard David Kristian Georg Klein Viacheslav Koleichuk Christina Kubisch Petri Kuljuntausta Roland Kuit Yuri Landman Georges Lentz Augustine Leudar Arto Lindsay Annea Lockwood Francisco López Alvin Lucier Christian Marclay Miya Masaoka Ragnhild May Stephan Mathieu Abinadi Meza Christof Migone George Bures Miller Haroon Mirza Moondog Gordon Monahan David Monacchi Meredith Monk Tracie Morris Charlotte Moorman Bruce Nauman Max Neuhaus Angel Nevarez & Valerie Tevere Carsten Nicolai Margaret Noble Mendi & Keith Obadike Pauline Oliveros Yoko Ono Koka Nikoladze Nam June Paik’s early work pre-1970 and with Charlotte Moorman Charlemagne Palestine Paul Panhuysen Steve Parker Emily Peasgood Tristan Perich Norbert Walter Peters Liz PhillipsSusan Philipsz Hans Reichel Jacques Rémus Boyd Rice Pipilotti Rist Manuel Rocha Iturbide Paul Rooney Rik Rue Janek Schaefer Stan Shaff Severed Heads Don Simmons Elliott Sharp George Smits Michael Snow Soundlab Rod Summers Takis Jeff Talman Robert Scott Thompson Gerda Nettesheim Jean Tinguely Yasunao Tone Trimpin Thomas Truax Edwin van der Heide David Van Tieghem Hanna Tuulikki Stephen Vitiello Carl Michael von Hausswolff Bill Viola Wolf Vostell Yoshi Wada Jennifer Walshe Hildegard Westerkamp Daniel Wilson Mark Peter Wright John Wynne LaMonte Young Samson Young Pavel Zhagun Z'EV Zimoun Pierre Redon
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