In week 9 with Ingrid, we have discovered 8 aspects of performance such as:
Homage= pay tribute to something or someone/ getting inspiration from other artist’s works without commenting plagiarism
Materiality= creating art from materials that normally have non-art function
Embodiment= ASMR, creating intimacy with voice
Persona= creating a new persona/ adapting new voice
Modes= approaching observation mode/ documentary
Experimentation= Performance Methodology
Listening= Practice as performance
This week’s class inspired me to alternate my voice in audio paper. First of all, because my first voice recording was flat and boring. the biggest reason for the change was the fact that my topic and what I am talking about in my audio paper are very important to me and it’s bigger than the borders of human existence. It’s about equal treatment for women not only during my lifetime but until the world ends. Don’t get me wrong, I stand for everything I talk about and proudly put my name under it, I felt however that human existence is too shallow and small for such a deep and important topic as gender inequality in the sound arts/ music industry. I decided to create a new persona, that will go outside the borders of the human body and imagination, and create a big enough space, but still keep it very mine, so the listener can hear my voice. I was manipulating my voice in various ways and ended up my voice with a small mechanic/ metallic accent at the end of words and sentences( not all of them but most). I chose “robot” as sub-me, because it’s close enough to the human being, not like aliens or being outside our world, but still stronger and bigger than humans. I loved how minimalistic the effect was and still made a point of having a new robotic-like persona. The way I achieved my final voice recording was unexpected and quite accidental. Fits of all I started by working on the way I say words, making myself sound very professional, perfect, almost robotic. I worked hard on the way I pronounce each word and vocalization. I also tried to achieve the unbothered sound of my voice, and lose any feelings, which are a natural part of being human. I wanted to sound as less human as possible. When my voice recording was ready I started manipulating it, using plug-ins available in Logic. The listener can hear the small triggering of my voice and little mechanic sounds from time to time.