Open AccessNarrative Currents
Author(s) -
Ryan Wade Ruehlen,
Mark Amerika
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
matlit
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2182-8830
DOI - 10.14195/2182-8830_5-1_13
Subject(s) - metanarrative , active listening , storytelling , narrative , repetition (rhetorical device) , natural (archaeology) , component (thermodynamics) , computer science , sound (geography) , linguistics , communication , history , psychology , acoustics , archaeology , philosophy , physics , thermodynamics
This work remixes the natural sounds of Boulder Creek (where the dialogue takes place) with some of the random urban noise and background ambience of the nearby thoroughfare. Ruptures in language indicate an intentional manipulation of the source material and useful postproduction techniques such as feedback and repetition highlight the affective qualities of the act of listening and deciphering. Meanwhile the dialogue itself creates its own metanarrative investigating what kinds of immersive listening experiences can be created using audio source material as the primary component of storytelling and how sound narrative can be a form of electronic literature.