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× How can we engage politically with the exclusion of specific (female) voices from the public sphere through our own voice? Here I document my attempts to create a safe common space of discussing that topic in Leeszaal, that I consider a diverse public space, where we can explore our public voices in situ, and trying out vocal performances. I am doing that together with Christina Karagianni, who is also from Greece and with whom I share similar experiences of silencing. We combine our practices -her practice lies on choreography and mine on social interaction and sound- and try vocal exercises and reading in moments of Leeszaal.
We invite
how we should approch the gender terminology and false association with voice when inviting people? Should it be about femme sounding? Female voice?
women from Leeszaal. Structure of the meetings: reading extracts in random order,
discuss
what conflicts or frictions the technical aspect provokes?
personal associations and experiences with voice in public, warm up, say a personal sentence in any language, transcribe only the vowels, read back the vowels, sing all together the score of vowels.
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  • Angela Davis @Occupy Wall Street
  • Judith Butler @Occupy Wall Street
  • Laurie Anderson - Mach 20
  • Ballout, D. (2019) ‘Good Morning, Kafranbel’, This American Life: Wartime Radio
  • Vocal performance of Katalin Ladik in the film ‘Berberian Sound Studio’, 2012
    • warming up @Leeszaal
    singing vowels @Leeszaal
    describing/annotating
    discussing about voice in public @Fine Arts
    transcribing vowels @Leeszaal
    singing vowels @Fine Arts
    singing vowels (high) @Fine Arts
    discussing about voice in public @Leeszaal
    warming up @Fine Arts
    transcribing vowels @Fine Arts
    reading extracts @Fine Arts

    ×

    I recorded sounds from West Rotterdam, while walking around a neighborhood for several days. This action was part of my first experiments when I was in attempt to understand how gender binaries regarding voice are reflected in space, especially public space.

    selection of recordings while wandering around Leeszaal

    Lidia

    00:00:16,540 Someone with a bag
    00:00:28,520 Ok. Music
    00:00:33,160 Nice music
    00:00:50,860 What is that? Oh, the car, the market. I think
    00:02:16,680 Children?

    Eugenie

    00:00:01,800 Children outside
    00:00:10,760 I think it's outside
    00:00:13,700 Shoes, walking people
    00:00:20,440 Or maybe papers
    00:00:27,480 Music inside
    00:00:31,380 Chilling up
    00:00:53,060 This is outside. It's a troll, it's a bag
    00:01:30,900 People in a room. Inside. They are moving, close
    00:01:54,620 It's inside somewhere, somewhere...
    00:02:15,400 Children in a swimming pool

    Alex

    00:00:11,740 Em... I hear... It sounds like walking and it's quite windy outside
    00:00:18,620 But it sounds like... It's... The microphone is inside or something
    00:00:26,980 It's probably music
    00:00:30,320 From a car maybe or from some radio?
    00:00:37,600 It's outside on the street. I hear some cars in the background
    00:00:48,700 Mmmm... It sounds like gardening sounds
    00:00:54,820 There are people in the background or maybe it's bikes
    00:01:05,840 Oh I hear a bird in the background
    00:01:12,120 A very monotone sound
    00:01:16,740 It's like driving, maybe driving in a car
    00:01:35,120 And some wind around It seems like outside but there is some noise in the background
    00:01:36,580 It seems like outside but there is some noise in the background
    00:01:46,340 It's outside
    00:02:04,920 Oh, I hear children in the background crying
    00:02:04,940 There is some weird sound in the foreground, which I... It's hard to describe [chuckling] Oh, I hear children in the background crying
    00:02:08,360 There is some weird sound in the foreground, which I... It's hard to describe [chuckling]
    00:02:14,900 Again it sounds like there is a kindergarten or school nearby


    Tommi

    00:00:12,980 This is some water ** maybe from a fountain
    00:01:01,480 Plates
    00:01:04,440 A bus at stand by at a bus stop
    00:01:10,020 Some people are chatting
    00:01:16,940 Some kids talking talking while they are playing in the sand or something
    00:01:27,940 Two people having a conversation on a street
    00:01:36,280 One of them is walking away [chuckling]
    00:01:42,100 And now a car is passing
    00:01:50,600 It's a construction site
    00:01:53,300 Something is being hammered
    00:02:01,200 Some sports match or something
    00:02:04,160 Everyone is **
    00:02:12,540 Someone is speaking Arabic
    00:02:18,760 To a group of people
    00:02:22,760 It's like a very large voluminous space [chuckling] cause it's echoing a lot
    00:02:36,760 Some people are shouting at something at a distance
    00:02:43,760 It sounds like in a courtyard
    00:02:46,540 A baby crying

    Alex

    00:00:07,820 There is teenagers nearby and it's walking
    00:00:11,700 Oh, there is water
    00:00:15,240 That's running
    00:00:20,660 Outside probably
    00:00:28,880 Oh, that's... It sounds like there is something clapping or like hitting against a surface
    00:00:38,520 And it's very repetitive sound
    00:00:46,600 Oh, I can hear some, some radio or some music or broadcast
    00:01:00,200 That was too short. I don't know [chuckling]
    00:01:04,440 Oh, it's quite loud. It's... Maybe it's in some kind of transport
    00:01:16,220 Oh, there is a child speaking
    00:01:25,740 There are people talking outside... In a foreign language
    00:01:36,280 It's not Dutch and there is some wind
    00:01:42,320 There are more people talking
    00:01:52,760 Oh, there is sounds like there are construction works
    00:01:56,720 Or hammering
    00:02:00,920 Oh, it's very loud. Oh [chuckling], it's applause or... a crowd of people. I don't know [chuckling]
    00:02:12,060 It's inside. It sounds like a hallway... I don't know. Like inside
    00:02:18,260 Because I hear some echoing
    00:02:22,560 Ot it's inside a tunnel, where people are passing by
    00:02:38,200 It sounds like near some street outside and I hear some kids in the background
    00:02:46,600 Again, there is a child screaming or crying
    discussing about voice in public @Fine Arts
    warming up @Leeszaal
    warming up @Leeszaal
    singing vowels @Leeszaal
    describing/annotating
    discussing about voice in public @Fine Arts
    transcribing vowels @Leeszaal
    singing vowels @Fine Arts
    singing vowels (high) @Fine Arts
    discussing about voice in public @Leeszaal
    warming up @Fine Arts
    transcribing vowels @Fine Arts
    reading extracts @Fine Arts

    About

    this is how female/high-pitched voices have been described since acient times as Anne Carson observes

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    Let' s Talk About Unspeakable Things

    Thesis

    Amplification of female voices

    How can we engage politically with the exclusion of specific (female) voices from the public sphere through our own voice? Here I document my attempts to create a safe common space of discussing that topic in Leeszaal, that I consider a diverse public space, where we can explore our public voices in situ, and trying out vocal performances. I am doing that together with Christina Karagianni, who is also from Greece and with whom I share similar experiences of silencing. We combine our practices -her practice lies on choreography and mine on social interaction and sound- and try vocal exercises and reading in moments of Leeszaal.
    We invite
    how we should approch the gender terminology and false association with voice when inviting people? Should it be about femme sounding? Female voice?
    women from Leeszaal. Structure of the meetings: reading extracts in random order,
    discuss
    what conflicts or frictions the technical aspect provokes?
    personal associations and experiences with voice in public, warm up, say a personal sentence in any language, transcribe only the vowels, read back the vowels, sing all together the score of vowels.

    Diary of West Rotterdam

    I recorded sounds from West Rotterdam, while walking around a neighborhood for several days. This action was part of my first experiments when I was in attempt to understand how gender binaries regarding voice are reflected in space, especially public space.

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    Audio collection
  • Angela Davis @Occupy Wall Street
  • Judith Butler @Occupy Wall Street
  • Laurie Anderson - Mach 20
  • Ballout, D. (2019) ‘Good Morning, Kafranbel’, This American Life: Wartime Radio
  • Vocal performance of Katalin Ladik in the film ‘Berberian Sound Studio’, 2012