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about origins gallery video artists home demotic 2004 |
program notes
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| improvised text vocal improv soundscape |
draws on the Internet's boundless stock of conspiracy theories. Sound: Maria Esteves. Performer: Tracey A. Leigh. Text: Antoinette LaFarge/The Plaintext Players. |
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| Prologue | improvised text voice synthesis video |
how the online contributors begin their improvisations. Video: Antoinette LaFarge. Text: Antoinette LaFarge/The Plaintext Players. Voice synthesis: Jeff Ridenour. |
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| The Making of a Great Man | improvised text vocal improv sound improv |
a meditation on longstanding American stereotypes. Text: The Plaintext Players/Antoinette LaFarge. Sound: Maria Esteves. Performer: Tracey A. Leigh. |
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| American Eagle | constructed text voice synthesis |
based on a true story about an eagle-feather headdress once owned by Geronimo. Text: Antoinette LaFarge. Voice synthesis/improvisation: Jeff Ridenour. |
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| The Chase | script |
a monologue for Maryland. Text: Aida Croal. Performer: Tracey A. Leigh. |
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| Babbalog | vocal improv sound improv voice synthesis |
revision of an improvisation first presented in The Roman Forum Project (2003), on the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq and just after the Columbia space shuttle disaster. Text: Antoinette LaFarge/The Plaintext Players. Sound: Maria Esteves. Voice Synthesis: Jeff Ridenour. Performer: Tracey A. Leigh. |
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| Distraction | constructed text video |
draws on improvisations for Demotic (2004). Video: Antoinette LaFarge. Text: Antoinette LaFarge/The Plaintext Players. |
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| Gnosis | vocal improv sound improv constructed text |
based on a 1st century A.D. Gnostic poem ("Thunder, Perfect Mind") and found Internet material. Text: Antoinette LaFarge. Sound: Maria Esteves. Performer: Tracey A. Leigh. |
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| Quotation | voice synthesis sound improv script |
1957 text by Edith Hamilton, often misattributed to Edward Gibbon. Voice synthesis/performance: Jeff Ridenour. |
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| Speed | script |
five American portraits. Texts: Antoinette LaFarge. Sound: Maria Esteves. Performer: Tracey A. Leigh. |
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| Process | improvised text unstructured improv |
five minutes of awkward negotiation. Text improv: Antoinette LaFarge. Performer: Tracey A. Leigh. |
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| Anthem | constructed text voice synthesis voical improv sound improv sampling |
inspired by "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," "America the Beautiful," "This Land Is Your Land," and other songs.
Sound: Maria Esteves. Voice synthesis: Jeff Ridenour. Text: Antoinette LaFarge/The Plaintext Players. Performer: Tracey A. Leigh. |
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