Carson, A. (1996) ‘The Gender of Sound’, in Glass, Irony and God. First Edition edition. New York: New Directions, pp. 119–142
Ballout, D. (2019) ‘Good Morning, Kafranbel’, This American Life: Wartime Radio. Available at: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/667/transcript (Accessed: 5 February 2019)
Ballout, D. (2019) ‘Good Morning, Kafranbel’, This American Life: Wartime Radio. Available at: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/667/transcript (Accessed: 5 February 2019)
Vries, J. de (2016) ‘Mannen zijn stevige debaters, vrouwen kijvende wijven’, de Volkskrant. Available at: https://www.volkskrant.nl/gs-be7ace6e (Accessed: 10 June 2019)
Vries, J. de (2016) ‘Mannen zijn stevige debaters, vrouwen kijvende wijven’, de Volkskrant. Available at: https://www.volkskrant.nl/gs-be7ace6e (Accessed: 10 June 2019)
Vries, J. de (2016) ‘Mannen zijn stevige debaters, vrouwen kijvende wijven’, de Volkskrant. Available at: https://www.volkskrant.nl/gs-be7ace6e (Accessed: 10 June 2019)
Vries, J. de (2016) ‘Mannen zijn stevige debaters, vrouwen kijvende wijven’, de Volkskrant. Available at: https://www.volkskrant.nl/gs-be7ace6e (Accessed: 10 June 2019)
Vries, J. de (2016) ‘Mannen zijn stevige debaters, vrouwen kijvende wijven’, de Volkskrant. Available at: https://www.volkskrant.nl/gs-be7ace6e (Accessed: 10 June 2019) + ANNOTATIONS
Carson, A. (1996) ‘The Gender of Sound’, in Glass, Irony and God. First Edition edition. New York: New Directions, pp. 119–142 + ANNOTATIONS
Hollak, R. (no date) Hoe lastig het is om als vrouw je boosheid te uiten, NRC. Available at: https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/02/22/hoe-lastig-het-is-om-als-vrouw-je-boosheid-te-uiten-a3655079 (Accessed: 4 July 2019)
Hollak, R. (no date) Hoe lastig het is om als vrouw je boosheid te uiten, NRC. Available at: https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/02/22/hoe-lastig-het-is-om-als-vrouw-je-boosheid-te-uiten-a3655079 (Accessed: 4 July 2019)
Workshop 1
Actions:
Reading extracts
1. Ballout, D. (2019) ‘Good Morning, Kafranbel’, This American Life: Wartime Radio. Available at: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/667/transcript (Accessed: 5 February 2019).
2. Carson, A. (1996) ‘The Gender of Sound’, in Glass, Irony and God. First Edition edition. New York: New Directions, pp. 119–142.in random order
Discussion on public voice
Warming up
Transcribing the vowels of each other's sentences
Reading back the vowels
Reading outloud all together the score of vowels
Equipment:
Printed extracts
Audio recorder
Paper + pens
Outcome:
Audio recordings of the actions
Handwritten score of vowels
Date: 28/3/2019
Location: Leeszaal, Rotterdam
Workshop 2
Actions:
Reading extracts
1. Ballout, D. (2019) ‘Good Morning, Kafranbel’, This American Life: Wartime Radio. Available at: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/667/transcript (Accessed: 5 February 2019).
2. Carson, A. (1996) ‘The Gender of Sound’, in Glass, Irony and God. First Edition edition. New York: New Directions, pp. 119–142.in random order
Discussion on public voice
Warming up
Transcribing the vowels of each other's sentences
Reading back the vowels
Reading outloud all together the score of vowels
Reading outloud all together the score of vowels in high-pitch
Equipment:
Printed extracts
Audio recorder
Paper + pens
Outcome:
Audio recordings of the actions
Handwritten score of vowels
Date: 29/3/2019
Location: Fine Arts/KDH, Rotterdam
Workshop 3
Actions:
Reading extracts
1. Ballout, D. (2019) ‘Good Morning, Kafranbel’, This American Life: Wartime Radio. Available at: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/667/transcript (Accessed: 5 February 2019).
2. Carson, A. (1996) ‘The Gender of Sound’, in Glass, Irony and God. First Edition edition. New York: New Directions, pp. 119–142.in random order
Discussion on public voice
Warming up
Transcribing the vowels of each other's sentences
Reading outloud all together back the vowels for each person
Equipment:
Printed extracts
Audio recorder
Paper + pens
Outcome:
Audio recordings of the actions
Handwritten scores of vowels
Date: 8/5/2019
Location: Leeszaal, Rotterdam
Workshop 4
Actions:
Reading extracts
1. Ballout, D. (2019) ‘Good Morning, Kafranbel’, This American Life: Wartime Radio. Available at: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/667/transcript (Accessed: 5 February 2019).
2. Carson, A. (1996) ‘The Gender of Sound’, in Glass, Irony and God. First Edition edition. New York: New Directions, pp. 119–142.in random order
Discussion on public voice
Warming up
Transcribing the vowels of each other's sentences
Reading back the vowels
Reading outloud all together the score of vowels
Speaking about personal experiences
Listen back our distorted voicesThe voices were electronically distorted from female to male (high-pitch to low-pitch) with a bash script
Reading extracts
1. Ballout, D. (2019) ‘Good Morning, Kafranbel’, This American Life: Wartime Radio. Available at: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/667/transcript (Accessed: 5 February 2019).
2. Carson, A. (1996) ‘The Gender of Sound’, in Glass, Irony and God. First Edition edition. New York: New Directions, pp. 119–142.in random order
Discussion on public voice
Warming up
Transcribing the vowels of each other's sentences
Reading back the vowels
Reading outloud all together the score of vowels
Speaking like "men"
Listen back our distorted voicesThe voices were electronically distorted from female to male (high-pitch to low-pitch) with a bash script and vice versa
Other: Part of Women@ArtA series of workshops dedicated to 'wereldvrouwen', a group of women around the world. They meet every Wednesday at Leeszaal
Workshop 6
Actions:
Reading extracts
1. Vries, J. de (2016) ‘Mannen zijn stevige debaters, vrouwen kijvende wijven’, de Volkskrant. Available at: https://www.volkskrant.nl/gs-be7ace6e (Accessed: 10 June 2019).
2. Carson, A. (1996) ‘The Gender of Sound’, in Glass, Irony and God. First Edition edition. New York: New Directions, pp. 119–142.in random order
Discussion on public voice
Discussion on voice's pitch
Discussion based on a list of questions
Have you ever had to change your voice in order to be heard? Have you consciously done that?
In what spaces and occasions?
Have you ever being judged for your voice?
When do you feel the (quality of) voice communicates uncertainty?
What are the connotations you make when you think of voice as a metaphor (´one voice´, ´womans voice´,´world voices´)
How would you describe your voice? (or somebody elses)
Warming up
Equipment:
Printed extracts
Audio recorder
Paper + pens
Microphone
Small speaker
Food + coffee
Outcome:
Audio recordings of the actions
Video recordings of the actions
Handwritten score of vowels
Date: 30/5/2019
Location: Leeszaal, Rotterdam
Other: Part of Women@ArtA series of workshops dedicated to 'wereldvrouwen', a group of women around the world. They meet every Wednesday at Leeszaal
Workshop 7
Actions:
Warming up
Discussion on male voice and ways of expression
Playing roles of figures with different voices than ours
Equipment:
Audio recorder
Paper + pens
Food + coffee
Outcome:
Audio recordings of the actions
Date: 13/6/2019
Location: Private space next to Leeszaal, Rotterdam
Other: Part of Women@ArtA series of workshops dedicated to 'wereldvrouwen', a group of women around the world. They meet every Wednesday at Leeszaal
Workshop 8
Actions:
Warming up
Reading extracts
Hollak, R. (no date) Hoe lastig het is om als vrouw je boosheid te uiten, NRC. Available at: https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/02/22/hoe-lastig-het-is-om-als-vrouw-je-boosheid-te-uiten-a3655079 (Accessed: 4 July 2019).in random order
Discussion on angry voices
Discussion based on a a question
How would you describe an angry voice? Can you make it with your own voice? What quality it has? Can you connect it with your 'inner' loud voice, that talks to you but you don't express it?
Equipment:
Printed extracts
Audio recorder
Paper + pens
Small speaker
Food + coffee
Outcome:
Audio recordings of the actions
Date: 20/6/2019
Location: Private space next to Leeszaal, Rotterdam
Other: Part of Women@ArtA series of workshops dedicated to 'wereldvrouwen', a group of women around the world. They meet every Wednesday at Leeszaal
Workshop 9
Actions:
Warming up
Writing personal angry sentences
Play: making a dialogue only out of these sentenses
Recording the play
Broadcasting the recording outside
Equipment:
Printed instructions
Audio recorder
Paper + pens
Food + coffee
Portable speaker
Outcome:
Audio recordings of the play
Handwritten slips of paper
'Happening' outside of the private space
Date: 27/6/2019
Location: Private space next to Leeszaal, Rotterdam
Other: Part of Women@ArtA series of workshops dedicated to 'wereldvrouwen', a group of women around the world. They meet every Wednesday at Leeszaal
Workshop 10
Actions:
Writing personal angry sentences transformed them creatively into curses
Play: making a dialogue only out of these sentenses
Recording the play
Broadcasting the recording inside
Equipment:
Printed instructions
Audio recorder
Paper + pens
Food + coffee
Portable speaker
Outcome:
Audio recordings of the play
Handwritten slips of paper
Date: 4/7/2019
Location: Private space next to Leeszaal, Rotterdam
Other: Part of Women@ArtA series of workshops dedicated to 'wereldvrouwen', a group of women around the world. They meet every Wednesday at Leeszaal
