Closeness by Ilaria Boffa published on 2022-03-25T20:16:12Z Closeness is included in the collective performance 'Brain of Many Rooms' by Marjorie Van Halteren https://soundcloud.com/vanwindmill, Tony Brewer, Brian K. Price, https://soundcloud.com/jeff-gburek that you can listen to here: http://mixlr.com/eaps/showreel/brain-of-many-rooms Field recording taken by Ilaria Boffa on the Oresund strait in Copenhagen, 2021 (Please use headset) Closeness There was a day when C’è stato un giorno in cui sounding different seemed un suono diverso è sembrato a useful coping strategy. un’utile strategia di adattamento. The gender of objects Il genere degli oggetti never stopped flashing non ha mai smesso di far capolino like reminders of identities. come promemoria di identità. The road, a path La strada, un tragitto our relationship to the world la nostra relazione con il mondo our multiple us i nostri multipli noi foreign to each other stranieri a se stessi one and the same. eppure identici. Voices whispering from behind doors left ajar Voci che bisbigliano dietro porte socchiuse we are the morning, the backwash of faraway seas and the dusk chorus. Siamo il mattino, la risacca di mari lontani e il verso degli uccelli la sera. Such Interlocutors complement Tali interlocutori si completano and when it’s time they temporise e quando è ora temporeggiano imperceptibly to get ready and play their role. Impercettibilmente nel prepararsi e fare la loro parte. Alternate soundscapes they vocalise their own anima. Paesaggi sonori alternativi verbalizzano la propria anima. Is this deconstruction and reconstruction is this closeness? Si tratta forse di decostruire e ricostruire oppure vicinanza? And so I’m here writing through E così sono qui a scrivere attraverso my two breaths, choosing words i miei due respiri, scegliendo parole that you may understand. che tu possa comprendere. For when the beginning comes Perché quando l’inizio verrà each end will be forgotten ogni fine sarà dimenticata though the record of pain sebbene la testimonianza del dolore will remain lost in translation. resterà intraducibile. Genre Sonopoetry Comment by Palazzo's Monstrosity Coil The L - R channels with your lovely voice is amazing... 2022-06-11T20:57:45Z Comment by tbone711 So well stated and delivered! 2022-04-10T14:35:55Z Comment by henry koek nice choice of words 2022-03-29T10:42:18Z Comment by CRAZY COMPASS incredible! 2022-03-26T23:33:16Z