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Peep Show “confronting visual images of
the human sound production mechanism provided stark contrast between the
physical and the emotional constructions of the voice.” Jim
Barbour, RealTime. video clip (MPEG4)The source materials for
‘Peep Show’ consist of interviews with female vocalists discussing their
experiences and relationships with band members (male and female), audiences,
managers, and sound crews, and images/sounds of my vocal cords in action. I was
assisted by the National Voice Centre and ENT surgeon Dr Jonathan Livesey to
carry out endoscopy to capture the video of my vocal cords. This involved the
insertion of a probe containing a miniaturised camera through the nasal cavity
and down into the back of the throat. An ambiguous play on female sexual
physiology is thus deliberately established to counterpoint the monologues of
the women. All of the sound materials are voice, at times untreated and at other
times subjected to various digital processing and re-synthesis methods such as
convolution, mutation and granular synthesis. The original piece was mixed for 4
channel surround. The installation piece is binaurally encoded to produce an
immersive listening experience. Technical
Considerations
The
piece was created using Media 100, ProTools, SoundHack, SoundEffects, Peak,
Premiere, Photoshop, Kurzweil K2000, and was mixed in 4 channel surround at the
University of Western Sydney, using a Yamaha O2R. All of the sound materials are
voice, at times untreated and at other times subjected to various digital
processing and re-synthesis methods such as convolution, mutation and granular
synthesis. The
piece was originally conceived as a multi-channel work, but to avoid inherent
problems of sound works in gallery spaces intruding on other works, a second
version was conceived as a binaural mix for headphones.
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