This piece centres on the recitation of a text Speaking Ears, Listening Lips specially written by Rebecca Loncraine. The writer describes an unusual experience that occurred when attending a lecture in the South Writing School of Examination Schools at Oxford University. This three-minute video explores ideas around the disembodied voice, acoustics and memory within architecture. The clarity of the HD image of the space is to be viewed in contrast to the muddiness of the mediated human voice. This video was commissioned by Lumen, Leeds as part of Composure. |