Hearing Things

Williamson, Aaron

ISBN 10: 1870699424 / ISBN 13: 9781870699426

Published by Book Works, 2001

This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,250grams, ISBN:1870699424. Seller Inventory # 9875356

Synopsis:

"A man has been working in a windowless studio to make performances which nobody sees. After the event, the sounds produced by these performances are fed into speech recognition software. This transforms them into plausible poetry...although they have been translated or composed from audible bangs, wallops, scrapes and sighs." - Ian Hunt. Artist and writer Aaron Williamson, who is profoundly deaf, investigates the language produced by speech recognition software in his distinctly lo-fi performance actions. Fizzing wax, furniture scrapes, fanned air and various other sounds produced by the performances are diverted from the artist's deafness and converted into text by the hearing computer. Hearing things reflects on this process with a stream of prose poems that accompany the generated texts and the book is profusely illustrated with self-photographed images from the performances.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Hearing Things
Publisher: Book Works
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Poor