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'The Sculptor Speaks': resounding the archival voice of Barbara Hepworth.
- Author(s):
- Olivia Louvel (see profile)
- Date:
- 2020
- Group(s):
- Music and Sound, Paper Music, Women in the Arts
- Subject(s):
- Sound art, Sculpture, Narration (Rhetoric), Voice, Speech
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- resounding, archival footage, British Library, legacy, Barbara Hepworth, Sound/sound art, Narrative, Audiovisual narratives, Voice and speech
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/fcg4-8f54
- Abstract:
- The project 'The Sculptor Speaks' takes its source from a 1961 tape by British sculptor Barbara Hepworth. Unearthed at the British Library, the tape’s initial purpose was for a pre-recorded talk with slides for the British Council. Every recording is a priori an archival object, which can potentially resound anew through a contemporary carrier, physical or digital. This work addresses the resounding of the archival voice as a transformative practice whose properties consist of changing the original status of the archive with manipulations; translating the archive from analogue to digital; relocating the audio signal in time and space; and as such, re-contextualising the archival document for a new audience. The resounding of Hepworth’s voice broadens the experience and understanding of Barbara Hepworth’s legacy through an aural investigation: voice as sonic documentation.
- Notes:
- View 'The Sculptor Speaks' https://vimeo.com/438255942
- Metadata:
- xml
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 2 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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