Table of Contents
Introduction p. 1
Vision as the Master Sense p. 2
Sound in Theory p. 3
Theoretical framework p. 6
Structuring the Voice p. 8
Chapter 1: Sourceless Voices and Otherworldly Inducement: The Powers of the
Disembodied and Synthesized Voice p. 10
Power, Contemplation and Silence in Erysichthon p. 11 The Male and Female Disembodied Voice in Erysichthon p. 15 Interpreting the Non-Verbal in Delivery to the Following Recipient Failed
Permanently p. 16
Power After Synthesization: The Exaggerated Voice and The Voice That
Has Seen Too Much p. 19
Chapter 2: The Fractured Voice: Finding Value in Disharmony p. 25
The Illusion of Unity p. 26
The Real and the Rendered Sensation in Dust and Piranhas p. 28 The Synthetic Voice as Counterpoint in Woods of Arcady p. 32 The Sound of Text-to-Speech: the Voice as Noise in How Not To Be Seen:
A Fucking Didactic Educational .MOV File p. 34
Chapter 3: The Expanding and Roaming Voice p. 39
The Voice from the Factory in Factory of the Sun p. 41
Conclusion p. 50
Bibliography p. 52
List of Illustrations p. 59