This 7 minute short ‘blends voyeurism, hair washing and dance as it dives into the strange, sensual pleasures of sonic textures’. (Mubi) The repeated rituals of an online performer have a transfixing effect on her viewers, in this short exploration of sensual audio visual stimulation. What starts as an exploration of tactility, addiction and control… Continue reading Cold Meridian
Category: Sound for Screen
The Acoustic Mirror, Kaja Silverman
The notion that cinema is able to deliver “real” sounds is an extension of that powerful Western episteme, extending from Plato to Hélène Cixous, which identifies the voice with proximity and the here and now—of a metaphysical tradition which defines speech as the very essence of presence. (p.43) fetishistic value which a surprising number of… Continue reading The Acoustic Mirror, Kaja Silverman
The Nine Muses
Uses canonical texts over archival video to repurpose meaning, destabilising received histories. The Nine Muses is comprised of nine overlapping musical chapters that mix archival material with original scenes. Together, they form a stylized, idiosyncratic retelling of the history of mass migration to post-war Britain through the suggestive lens of the Homeric epic (The Odyssey).… Continue reading The Nine Muses
Robert Bresson: Off-Screen Sound, Voice, Rhythm
Robert Bresson is known as one of the first film makers to really focus on the use of sound. Writings on the subject are many and I will be referencing a series of essays from the book Robert Bresson, edited by James Quandt, as well as Notes on the Cinematographer, by the director himself. Sound… Continue reading Robert Bresson: Off-Screen Sound, Voice, Rhythm