Vivian Variations

(2023)

Commissioned audio piece.

Parts of the text presented here serve as structuring device for the sound. The text is entirely based on the first paragraph of Vivian Darroch-Lozowski’s book Voice of Hearing. With special attention to the following sentence within it, “I am a creature that has never been.”

Part of A Sound That Never Was, curated by The Dim Coast.

Other participating sound artists and musicians: Félicia Atkinson, Matthew Cardinal, Raven Chacon, crys cole, Isabella Forciniti, David Grubbs, Timothy Herzog, Sasha J. Langford, Mani Mazinani, Marc-Alexandre Reinhardt, respectfulchild, Anju Singh, Aho Ssan, Mark Templeton.

With an original text by Daniela Cascella.

Digital instrument by Alexandre Burton / artificiel, and digital and infrastructure support by Sporobole and 0/1 – Hub numerique Estrie.

Project website here.

Launching Winter, 2023.

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Rearranging.

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ARRANGED BY ONLY KEEPING VOWELS

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ARRANGED BY ONLY KEEPING CONSONANTS

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ARRANGED BY REPLACING THE I WITH A SPACE

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ARRANGED BY FOLDING THE PARAGRAPH INTO ITSELF

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ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY (PRESENTED TWO WAYS)

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ARRANGED WITH WORDS THAT APPEAR IN THE EXISTING WORDS (PRESENTED TWO WAYS)

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ARRANGED BY SWITCHING AROUND THE FIRST AND LAST LETTERS OF EVERY WORD

I ma gritinw ni rintew. I ma gritinw that I ma gittins no eht whallos lelw fo steps dna gookinl ta xis sapestriet; that I ma no na ezura dslani fo a dhousant slowerf. I ma geeins a yint emagi fo fyselm ni a rirrom. Ym gonl norh si sa ehitw sa ym toac. Ti has its nwo leashels tighl nvee ni eht deepest tidnighm. I eivl ni a cilal doow, I ma eerhwith ym yvori lpiras norh eecurs ta tasl. I tis gazing; gazing. Dna fi it’s eimt rof eht museum ot elosc I nac eomc kacb womorrot dna rnothea yad, yna yad, sayd. I tis gazing. I ma a ereaturc that sah reven neeb. Eoms fo ehest sordw, shrasep, sentences, era mrofeht loven Surger’b Raughted, hhicw I eavh dinishef geadinr ynlo sayd oga. Tub I ma gearranginr mhet dna ma ghanginc rheit spproachea fo puthorshia eecausb thaw si tosm tmportani rof em si that ew era sreaturec ohw eavh reven neeb. I ma olsa gddina smagei fo cilal doow, leashels tighl, dna teepesd tighn. Ehest era mrofeht Tasl Nnicoru, hhicw I dear yerv gonl oga. Sa I ma gritinw, I od ton wnok yhw I ma gtartins hitw sordw mrofa koob tboua gufferins hhicw I ma goverinc rveo hitw sordw mrofa koob nrittew ni a nraditiot fo yantasf. Fo eoursc, ehert si niddeh geaninm ni thaw sppeara ebova. Fo course, I ma dapturec by eht suminoul tighl fo that eentlg ecens. Ro ma I yrult dapturec yb that phars ghinins norh? Tub eht niddeh geaninm ni thaw sppeara ebova soed ton rattem ot em. Ti soed ton rattem ot em—ta teasl ton eerh, ro tey—that I od ton wnok yhw I negib shit yaw. Ti si hnouge that I ynlo wnok I ma gittins no a whallos lelw fo steps, that I ma gaitinw, gazing, that I ma gayinl “ym sildnesw nowd npou rouy enek.” Ti si shit hhicw satterm. Dna nhew I wollof ehest sordw ebova hhrougt rheit plees I wnok I ma gritinw, lilw eritw, tboua ruo lla geinb sreaturec ohw eavh reven neeb. Ron soed ti rattem that yet I od ton wnok thaw I ma gddressina. I ynlo wnok I ma nnicoru. I eavh reven neeb. Shit si thaw I reah ni ym yrbitrara geginninb fo ym gritinw.

ARRANGED TEMPORALLY, EACH CHARACTER EQUALS ONE SECOND (PRESENTED FOUR WAYS)

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EIGHT TIMES EIGHT VARIATIONS ON A SENTENCE

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