Sound art

"[3] In Western art, early examples include the Futurist Luigi Russolo's Intonarumori noise intoners (1913), and subsequent experiments by dadaists, surrealists, the Situationist International, and in Fluxus events and other Happenings.

), but they can also simply use sound sources placed at different points in space (such as speakers), or acoustic instrument materials such as piano strings played by a performer or by the public.

In the context of museums, this combination of interactive digital technology and multi-channel speaker distribution is sometimes referred to as sound scenography.

Bill Fontana's research on urban sound sculpture delves into the concept of shifting ambient noise music within cityscapes to produce distinct auditory encounters.

Through this approach, he modifies the surrounding soundscape, impacting how listeners perceive their environment while highlighting both the auditory and visual elements of a particular space.

[19] Sound Artist and Professor of Art at Claremont Graduate University Michael Brewster described his own works as "Acoustic Sculptures" as early as 1970.