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There is a sound that Carma Jolly will never forget. It's a sound that she makes, but the thing is she's never heard it herself. That's because when it comes out, she is always unconscious -- completely unaware of the physical world.
Based on the accounts of those who have witnessed her epileptic seizures, Carma goes in search of the sound online. In A Seizure's Lament, she samples what she finds at varying speeds -- speeds as low as three percent -- in order to create an imagined soundtrack for her seizures.
Making the piece, Carma felt sad. So at the end of the process, she sang to it and mixed that in too.
There is a sound that Carma Jolly will never forget. It's a sound that she makes, but the thing is she's never heard it herself. That's because when it comes out, she is always unconscious -- completely unaware of the physical world.
Based on the accounts of those who have witnessed her epileptic seizures, Carma goes in search of the sound online. In A Seizure's Lament, she samples what she finds at varying speeds -- speeds as low as three percent -- in order to create an imagined soundtrack for her seizures.
Making the piece, Carma felt sad. So at the end of the process, she sang to it and mixed that in too.
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Intro and Outro
INTRO:There is a sound that Carma Jolly will never forget. It's a sound that she makes, but the thing is she's never heard it herself. That's because when it comes out, she is always unconscious -- completely unaware of the physical world.
Based on the accounts of those who have witnessed her epileptic seizures, Carma goes in search of the sound online. In A Seizure's Lament, she samples what she finds at varying speeds -- speeds as low as three percent -- in order to create an imagined soundtrack for her seizures.
A Seizure's Lament first aired on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It was produced by and featured Carma Jolly, a radio producer at CBC.
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Dariush Shafagh
Posted on December 07, 2011 at 06:16 PM | Permalink
Great production
I was very taken by this piece. It has haunted me for the last 24 hours. I have been telling people about this. Absolutely fascinating and very well produced. Wow!