Susanne Miggitsch, Heating up the seat Music and Sound Thomas Lawson

Thomas Lawson

Coco Capitán has always scribbled down her thoughts – everywhere

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Susanne Miggitsch, Heating up the seat Music and Sound Thomas LawsonThis book is a transcript of hours of bus rides through London. Conversations, soundscapes, and announcements are meticulously written down, with priority given to the loudest noise or the loudest voice(s). The result is a dense textual fabric, a hybrid between documentation and poetry. In the process, Miggitsch creates a portrait of a sound environment that belongs to a particular place. It is not surprising that Susanne Miggitsch actually comes from