NOTE: The below description is for the release Sites of Humiliation (Memoirs). This is not that release. This release is Sites of Humiliation (Unvoiced), which has the spoken-word layer of audio muted. It can be listened to as music, whereas the complete release could more appropriately be compared to a radio play.
Sites of Humiliation (Memoirs) is available privately.
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Here, Opal Beau presents five short stories (memoirs), based on vague recollections of humiliation endured at the hand of boys and men.
Peripheral characters in these stories include cops, immigration officers, ticket inspectors and some other kids from the neighbourhood. By examining his experience with these characters, he seeks to examine how his own relationship to masculinity was formed.
โ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ?โ
While none of these darkly comic stories could be considered significant in of themselves, they together act as a polemic against the unquestioned masculinity as enacted by their supporting cast.
โ๐๐ง ๐ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ.โ
The memoirs are based on recordings made while walking through the park at night. The initial recordings are presented as recorded, without noticeable editing. They are accompanied by digital synthesis and granular processing, both โplayedโ rather than sequenced.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ณ๐บ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ, ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ.โ
Here, these soliloquies serve as a reluctant demonstration of his socialised masculinity, while the processed audio represents a reflection upon his subconscious processes and the construction of the self.
released August 19, 2020
