Noise as Atmospheric Interference: Sound Poetry and Romina De Novellis’ Arachne
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Drawing on atmospherological theory and accounts of embodied affectivity, this paper explores how noise functions by destabilizing habitual responses to environmental affordances, producing performative effects within artistic practices. In the case of Dada poetry, nonsensical vocal sounds are analyzed as a form of acoustic disturbance that disrupts semantic expectations and foregrounds noise as a reconfiguration of meaning. Through the analysis of Romina De Novellis’ Arachne, noise is identified as a phenomenon of interference grounded in an atmosphere of discomfort, in dialogue with the somaesthetics of discomfort.
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