Cacophonic Choir

Hannah E. Wolfe, Şölen Kıratlı, and Alex Bundy

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

Cacophonic Choir, an interactive installation aimed at bringing attention to the first-hand stories of sexual assault survivors, and the ways such stories may be distorted by the media and in online discourse, is composed of nine embodied vocalizing agents distributed in space. Each agent tells a story which is heard from a distance as an unintelligible choir of fragmented stories and distorted voices. As the viewer approaches an agent, the story becomes sonically clearer and semantically more coherent. When in the agent’s immediate personal space, the viewer can hear the first-hand account of a sexual assault survivor. The work has two versions, one intended for physically present exhibitions and the other for virtual exhibitions.

Citation

Hannah E. Wolfe, Şölen Kıratlı, and Alex Bundy. 2021. Cacophonic Choir. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.21428/92fbeb44.66a31da7 [PDF]

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{nime2021_installations_8,
 abstract = {Cacophonic Choir, an interactive installation aimed at bringing attention to the first-hand stories of sexual assault survivors, and the ways such stories may be distorted by the media and in online discourse, is composed of nine embodied vocalizing agents distributed in space. Each agent tells a story which is heard from a distance as an unintelligible choir of fragmented stories and distorted voices. As the viewer approaches an agent, the story becomes sonically clearer and semantically more coherent. When in the agent’s immediate personal space, the viewer can hear the first-hand account of a sexual assault survivor. The work has two versions, one intended for physically present exhibitions and the other for virtual exhibitions.},
 address = {Shanghai, China},
 articleno = {8},
 author = {Hannah E. Wolfe and Şölen Kıratlı and Alex Bundy},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.21428/92fbeb44.66a31da7},
 editor = {Rodolfo Cossovich and Demi Li},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {June},
 title = {Cacophonic Choir},
 track = {Installations},
 url = {https://doi.org/10.21428/92fbeb44.66a31da7},
 year = {2021}
}