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Obsession Redux
Obsession Redux
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RMIT University, MelbournePublisher DOI
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2018-06-12End date
2018-06-13Language
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Produced in 2018. Presented at Sound-Tracking Melbourne Symposium. Published in 2019, August as part of the Special issue of Sound-tracking Melbourne (in the journal The Soundtrack ISSN 1751-4193 (Print); ISSN 1751-4207 (Online)Research statement
'Obsession: Redux – Sounds from a Garage-Film' is comprised of a 22 minute 37 second 3 screen video and a standalone soundtrack (audio work) by Cumming and Potter that explores the processes of, and concepts behind, Cumming’s original soundtrack for Obsession, an experimental film that emerged from the early-1980s post-punk Melbourne culture. As a personal and self-reflexive work, 'Obsession: Redux' is replete with memory, both personal and popular, local and global building on an audio archive of live recordings and media samples made in Melbourne, Australia, between 1978 and 1985. ‘Obsession: Redux' is positioned in the context of contemporary literature and practice in sonic thinking. The representation of the self and relationships in sound and vision as seen and heard in 'Obsession: Redux' is underpinned by Michel Chion’s (1994) understanding of palimpsest and Raul Ruiz’s (1995) ideas on poetic objects and shamanic films. The purpose of this investigation is to link sonic memories and subjective self-representation to specific practices of soundtrack composition and specific sites and moments of cultural history. The synthesis of concepts, methods and works that we examine here contributes to an emerging discourse around embodied and reflexive sound. The video piece involves a multi-screen presentation of a scanned film magentic soundtrack, 16mm film and video. ‘Obsession Redux’ (comprising both video and sound pieces) are published in ‘The Soundtrack’, volume 10, number 2 and were presented at the Sound-Tracking Melbourne Symposium, 12-13 June RMIT University, Melbourne. Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hPgwoYZvI7oIIZGfzMilqjCYQmSosP_2/view (behind The Soundtrack’s paywall). Video: :https://vimeo.com/274183923/eee8e7fbc3Publication classification
J2 Minor original creative workExtent
1 x 3 screen video work (16mm, scanned magnetic soundtrack, text + video). 22m37 Compiled to single screen video for publication in Soundtrack journal. 22m37 Soundtrack (22m36). Published in Soundtrack journal as .mp3 audio file.Recognition, awards & prizes
Published in The Soundtrack journal, 2019. Presented at the Melbourne Sountracking Symposium, RMIT in June 2018Event
Sound-Tracking Melbourne. Symposium (2018 : Melbourne, Victoria)Publisher
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Volume 10, Number 2, August 2019Usage metrics
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