Urban Roar

A Psychophysical Approach to the Design of Affective Environments

Dr Jordan Lacey (Senior Lecturer, RMIT University, Australia)

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English

Bloomsbury Academic USA
10 February 2022

Landscape art & architecture; Theory of music & musicology

Urban Roar argues for the existence of ‘autonomous affectivities’ that roar beneath the din of the urban, seeking the attention of us humans so captured by the environments of our own making. In hearing the urban roar, it is the mythic intention of this book to discover ways in which we can work with the intensities of more-than-human forces to vitalize our cities. The book explores methods by which artists, particularly those sound artists involved in fieldwork practices, might encounter and translate autonomous affectivities between different environments. Of particular interest is Jung’s concept of synchronicity and its relationship to artistic creation – as experience, flow and catalyst – in manifesting autonomous affectivities into diverse and affective environments.

The book makes use of both theoretical and practical approaches: from a study of scholarship through which it is argued that an autonomous affectivity is equivalent to an archetype (via Jung) and an essence (via Deleuze’s reading of Spinoza), to theoretical considerations of the situated body in everyday contexts, to practical study of an artistic research experiment designed to reveal and index autonomous affectivities encountered during fieldwork practices, for the purpose of influencing urban design interventions. In this fresh analysis, Lacey reveals the possibilities in urban environments.

By: Dr Jordan Lacey (Senior Lecturer RMIT University Australia)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781501360565
ISBN 10: 1501360566
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 10 February 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jordan Lacey is a transdisciplinary creative practice researcher and research fellow in the School of Design at RMIT University, Australia, teaching creative practice research methods and sound studies. He is author of Sonic Rupture: a practice-led approach to urban soundscape design (Bloomsbury, 2016).

Reviews for Urban Roar: A Psychophysical Approach to the Design of Affective Environments

Urban Roar offers compelling critical and practical approaches to sonic encounters with urban spaces, atmospheres and ambiances-intriguingly adding Felix Guattari, Carl Jung, and Indigenous knowledges to the theoretical mix. Considering how sound artists can work with more-than-human affective intensities to help us hear the urban roar, Lacey vitally re-imagines and transforms cities' soundings. -- Norie Neumark