Noise is the presence of the medium

pp. 70-80

in: Stephen Crocker, Bergson and the metaphysics of media, Berlin, Springer, 2013

Abstract

A flight of screaming birds, a school of herring tearing through the water like a silken sheet, a cloud of chirping crickets, a booming whirlwind of mosquitoes ... Crowds, packs, hordes on the move.1