Introduction

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book sets out to examine the place the body has in shaping sonic art practices from performance through music, dance, theory, and methodology. The body as a site of creative practice is situated at the cusp of socially contextualised and political meaning. The book argues that there is a need to rethink techniques of human-controlled interactions in order to explore the body as a more integral, centred position within performance. It examines the role of the curator as an embodied experience when creating potential performance interactions between composer, scores, and the audience. The book argues for a rethinking of the potential of low frequency sound in enabling a more sensorial approach to listening.