Ian Gibbins

Unvoiced

FILE Sao Paulo 2022 | Videoart
Electronic Language International Festival

 

 

Made from the text of Articles 18–22 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, having removed all the vowels, rendering the text unvoiced. This is a form of redaction yet the reduced text can still be spoken, albeit by a computer algorithm that does its best to articulate what remains, to give some kind of voice to the unvoiced.

Bio:
Ian Gibbins is a widely-published poet, video artist and electronic musician living in Adelaide, South Australia. His videos have been shown around the world in diverse festivals, galleries, installations, and public art programs. In his former life, Ian was an internationally recognized neuroscientist and Professor of Anatomy.