{"product_id":"high-static-dead-lines-isbn-9781907222665","title":"High Static, Dead Lines","description":"\u003cb\u003eA literary mix tape that explores the entwined boundaries between sound, material culture, landscape and esoteric belief.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrees rigged up to the wireless radio heavens. A fax machine used to decode the language of hurricanes. A broadcast ghost that hijacked a television station to terrorize a city. A failed computer factory in the desert with a slap-back echo resounding into ruin. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHigh Static, Dead Lines\u003c\/i\u003e, media historian and artist Kristen Gallerneaux weaves a literary mix tape that explores the entwined boundaries between sound, material culture, landscape, and esoteric belief. Essays and fictocritical interludes are arranged to evoke a network of ley lines for the “sonic spectre” to travel through—a hypothetical presence that manifests itself as an invisible layer of noise alongside the conventional histories of technological artifacts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe objects and stories within span from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, touching upon military, communications, and cultural history. A connective thread is the recurring presence of sound—audible, self-generative, and remembered—charting the contentious sonic histories of paranormal culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHigh Static, Dead Lines\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most imaginative books to contend with sound in recent memory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003e4columns\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGallerneaux reminds us that it's ok to be irrational when confronted with new technologies. She doesn't seem to pass any judgement whatsoever on the appeal that the supernatural might have on perfectly balanced minds. We might look with amusement at the historical examples of human gullibility described in the book but I doubt we are much wiser today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWe Make Money Not Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn enthralling look at how sound waves have contributed to what we think of as paranormal culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA remarkable book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eHyperallergic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eBecause of its historical, curatorial, and cultural curiosity,\u003ci\u003e High Static, Dead Lines: Sonic Specters and the Object Hereafter\u003c\/i\u003e is an interesting and insightful read for media historians, parapsychologists, sound artists, and anyone interested in technological materiality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLEONARDO\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is brilliantly providing a path to experience, walking on the blurry line among sounds, machines and human perceptions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNeural\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKristen Gallerneaux is a writer, folklorist, and artist. She has published on topics as diverse as mathematics in midcentury design, the visual history of telepathy research, the world's first mouse pad, and car audio bass battles in Miami. She is also Curator of Communications and Information Technology at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, where she continues to build upon one of the largest historic technology collections in North America.","brand":"Strange Attractor Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303053545701,"sku":"NP9781907222665","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781907222665.jpg?v=1767729038","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/high-static-dead-lines-isbn-9781907222665","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}