Auditory Setting

Dr. Budhaditya Chattopadhyay is a media artist, researcher, and writer; he holds a PhD in sound studies and artistic research from Leiden University, The Netherlands, an MA in new media from Aarhus University, Denmark, and a Diploma in cinema from Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, India; he has recently completed a one-year postdoctoral fellowship. Chattopadhyay has received numerous fellowships, residencies and international awards. His works have been widely exhibited, performed or presented across the globe. Chattopadhyay is the author of The Nomadic Listener (Errant Bodies Press, 2020) and Between the Headphones (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021); his writings on various issues around sound and media arts regularly appear in peer-reviewed journals, and publications internationally. Website: http://budhaditya.org/

• Part I: Introduction1. The first sound and the curiosity 2. The auditory context and signification3. Key concepts and definitions4. Approach and methodPart II: Sonic trajectories5. Monaural soundtracks and recording (sonic) reality6. Stereo sound and the expanded space7. Digital surround sound and the mimetic sitePart III: On location and other stories8. Land, field, meadow9. Forest, jungle10. Village, rural environment11. Indoors12. Riverbank, beach, island13. Street, public squares, urban neighbourhood14. Public transport15. Airport16. Underwater, outer spacePart IV: Critical listening17. Mapping the aesthetic choices in sound production18. Auditory presence and better practice19. The God of small sounds20. Emerging trends and future directionsBibliography

The Auditory Setting brings a personalised, post-colonial perspective to the rapidly expanding field of audio for moving image and its relationship to the site. Written with the sensibility of a sound artist, this book asks incisive questions of our evolving digital sonosphere.