The voice and the uncanny

Chu-Li Shewring

doi:10.1386/st.1.2.127_1

ISSN: 1751-4193
E-ISSN: 1751-4207

The voice and the uncanny
By Chu-Li Shewring
Source: Soundtrack, The, Volume 1, Issue 2, Aug 2008, p. 127 - 134
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/st.1.2.127_1
- Published online: 18 Aug 2008

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Abstract

This article explores different forms that can be assumed by the dissociated voice. Of Mother is a film essay reconstructing a situation Shewring experienced. Speaker and V are films made with an observation of the dissociated voice in mind; the former being the use of recorded voices in Beijing, the latter a written account of the author's experiences during filming, and a discussion of the notion of the uncanny.

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Keyword(s): Chion; Connor; dissociated voices; loudspeakers; uncanny voice; ventriloquists

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