For our Monday night #ds106radio tweet-along, we listened to Episode Nine: I Saw Myself Running of ESC: Sonic Adventure in the Anthropocene. The series is
a work of experimental audio-based scholarship combining sound studies, radio history, and environmental criticism. This unique project is a fully open access, fully digital suite of audiographic essays, presented as a ten-part podcast series, combining spoken commentary, clips from classic radio dramas, excerpts from films and television shows, news reports, and the work of contemporary sound artists.
I like it for many reasons, in particular for how it uses one story, and old-time radio show, to tell larger stories about culture and the environment. It also analyzes sound and its functions as it uses sound to tell its stories.
We had a pretty good turnout and a lot of great interaction with each other and the episode. Here are a few of the thoughts people shared:
#ds106 Sound grows louder and faster to indicate tension. Then the slight echo to indicate loneliness.
— Alissa Jackson (@AJSt0rm) February 23, 2021
#ds106 Interesting how they take something as simple as a caterpillar and make it terrifying.
— Alissa Jackson (@AJSt0rm) February 23, 2021
that echo added a lot of drama and made it sound like she was falling, which feels like quite the psychological message #ds106
— Rosemary (@RMdigitally) February 23, 2021
The staticky sound that echos when they’re not talking really sets the era for this audio. We’ve come a long way when it comes to audio recordings! #ds106
— Morgan B (@MoB4884) February 23, 2021
The clock in the background is ticking so fast! And the music added with it seems to separate reality from dream.. #ds106
— Madeline (@madelinek106) February 23, 2021
i love all the different voices. It adds so much to the audio drama! i don't think i would be as engaged if it was just the narrator telling the story. #ds106
— conner (@conner_freeman_) February 23, 2021
