The Emergence of an Acoustical Art Form. An Analysis of the German Experimental Horspiel of the 1960's

Abstract

To develop the perspective afforded by the experimental Horspiel it will be necessary to borrow from the principles and terminology of modern aesthetics, especially those aspects which involve communication, information, and game theory, and the theory of signs. 2 This approach recommends itself for two reasons. First, the insights offered by these theories are helpful in testing theses like the one on which this study is based. For example, the fundamental semiotic distinction between signal and sign can bring us a long way in an exploration of the relationship between poetic