Introduction: Definitions and caveats Key works by John Cage; Éliane Radigue; Christopher DeLaurenti; Maryanne Amacher 1. Alphabet: Arbitrary and aleatory organization Key works by Gilius van Bergeijk; Erik Carlson; Jasna Velickovic; Cathy Berberian; Luis Andriessen; Alvin Lucier; Luiz Henrique Yudo; Mieko Shiomi 2. Birds: Nonhuman composers Key works by Ezra Pound; Pamela Z; Cassandra Miller 3. Chess: Sonification of chessboards Key works by John Cage; Atanas Bozdarov; Rodney Waschka; OPO; Francesco Ardan Dal Rì and Raul Masu; Michael Horgan; John White; Murielle Lucie-Clément 4. Data: Sonification of data Key works by George Brecht; Alexander Chen; Johannes Kreidler; Edith Viau; Cassie Thornton; Marko Ciciliani; Tae Hong Park; David Pocknee 5. Errata: Chance and readymades Key works by Marcel Duchamp 6. Forgery: Appropriation Key works by Vito Acconci; Mekhitar Garabedian; Jane Pollard; Rosemary Brown; Mostly Other People Do the Killing 7. Glue: Collage and appropriation Key works by Jim Hodges; Jennifer Walshe; Christopher Hobbs; Milan Knízák; Yasunao Tone; Maria Chavez; Nicolas Collins; Peter Ablinger; Lukas Foss; Rodney Graham; Katie Paterson; Todd Levin; Mauricio Kagel; Christian Marclay 8.
Helix: Sonification of geometry Key works by Cildo Meireles 9. IPA: Deskilling and translations of speech Key works by Nate Wooley 10. Jeux de Dés: Chance and games Key works by Robert Xavier Rodríguez; Tom Johnson; Hanne Darboven; Robert Ashley; Zexuan Qiao; Dave Soldier, Vitaly Komar, and Alexander Melamid; Percy Grainger 11. Kittens: Appropriation and deskilling Key works by Cory Arcangel 12. Long: Computational durations Key works by James Whitehead (jliat); Roc Jiménez de Cisneros and Stephen Sharp; David Pocknee; Cassandra Miller; Rodney Graham; Richard Beaudoin; Bethany Collins; Seth Kim Cohen; Leif Inge; Joanna Bailie; John Cage; Jem Finer; Ian Melish; Erik Satie; La Monte Young 13. Mute: Appropriation and erasure Key works by Samson Young; Weronika Trojanska; Luke Nickel 14. Nature: Nonhuman composers, deskilled performances, systems Key works by Raven Chacon; Dave Soldier; Sun Ra; Paul Panhuysen; Alvin Lucier; Nigel Helyer; Devin Maxwell 15. Organs: Appropriation Key works by Eva-Maria Houben 16.
Portraits: Sonification, appropriation, erasure Key works by Clarence Barlow 17. Q&A: Chance and games Key works by Ben Patterson 18. Rocks: Chance Key works by Mineko Grimmer 19. Speech: Sonification of sounds Key works by Peter Ablinger; Jacob ter Veldhuis; Florent Ghys 20. Tenebrae: Chance and systems Key works by Toshi Ichiyanagi; György Ligeti; Yoko Ono 21. Ut Pictura Musica: Sonification of images Key works by Philip Corner; Alvin Lucier; Charles Gaines; Sylvain Chauveau; Luiz Henrique Yudo 22. Vaginas: Yep. Key works by Nam June Paik; Lauren Lesko; Miya Masaoka 23.
Weave: Sonification and readymades Key works by Stine Janvin and Cory Arcangel; Christopher Hobbs; John White; Brian Eno 24. Xylorimba: Appropriation and erasure Key works by Lance Massey; James Hoff 25: Y -Intercept: Systems Key works by Steve Reich 26. Zone: Systems Key works by La Monte Young and Tao G. Vrhovec Sambolec Acknowledgments Notes Index.