Open AccessListening to/at/with Marilyn Lerner’s "They’re All in Families"
Author(s) -
Kevin McNeilly
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
critical studies in improvisation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1712-0624
DOI - 10.21083/csieci.v4i2.965
Subject(s) - active listening , psychology , composition (language) , communication , art , literature
Marilyn Lerner’s audio-art composition “They’re All in Families” (1998) re-works a sound clip from a virulently homophobic message left on an answering machine, turning hate-speech back on itself to expose the rhythms and textures of verbal violence.