Sound is a complex object. Invisible and unfixed, unbounded and uncontained, travelling and penetrating, it remains a mysterious notion - especially in a society accustomed to the visible; all the more to the visual itself.
Written against the backdrop of a persistent lack of public awareness of the sonic realm, this publication is an effort toward raising awareness of sound in general, and in particular through the ties it nurtures with vision. Intended for a general readership, the book offers a broad panorama of sound - as a sense; as an object in space; as a medium; as an art and as an environment.